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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Sustainability

Isaiah 40: 28-31

How do we maintain or sustain our faith in life?  Life continually hits up against and tries to beat our faith.  Oftentimes, faith seems like a boat in the middle of a storm tossed to and fro, unanchored, directionless. and hopeless. Trials, drama and unfairness seem to beat at our door continuously.  Choosing how to respond versus reacting in the moment is the mark of a life anchored by Jesus.  The constant pull of life circumstances can be draining and exhausting. Peace can seem like a distant object in the horizon, but it’s closer and more attainable than we realize. God’s Word is our avenue to hope.  It’s in His Word where we find strength.  It’s through His Word that He gives us power and it’s in speaking His Word that our strength is renewed.

Being successful in this life depends on our ability to invite God in to overtake our reactions, our feelings and our heart. How does He want me to feel? How does He want me to respond? He is inviting us to take those moments that seem challenging and using them as an opportunity to release our natural reactions and replace them with wisdom, discernment, direction, hope and peace so that He can renew our strength and give us power to fight another day.

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