God Is Able

I haven't been on in a while because of busyness but God has been talking to me still. This last week He has been reminding me that He is able. He is able to provide. He is able to protect. He is able to come to my aide. He is able to heal. He is able to conform me to His glory. When I draw near, He is able to save me. He is able!

The one 'He is able' scripture that has really struck me is in 2 Timothy 1:12. It says, "For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day." I am not sure I can accurately put into words all that I am learning from this scripture, but here is some of it.

God has been dealing with me lately about focusing on Him and not on my needs and trials. He is wanting me to entrust my life, my husband, my family, and everything to Him. He has promised that He will guard what I entrust to Him (whatever I don't give to Him, He cannot guard). I am understanding that the only way to entrust these to Him is to turn to Him, focus on His will, do His bidding, and let Him worry about my life. This is not easy; at least for me. I want to sit down and figure out how to make everything work right in my life and God is telling me that worrying is NOT my job. My job is to learn more about Him, pray, and do His will (which, of course, is teaching others about Him).

I must say that I struggle with entrusting my family and their well being to God. I really want to be the hero in this scenario. I want to be the one that get the credit. I ask myself why this is so important and realize that it has to do with pride. In order for me to lay my everything before God and into His trust I need to swallow my pride, admit that I am not God and cannot guard my everything, and give it to Him to guard.

Lord Jesus, I ask that you give me and anyone who reads this the strength to be able to set aside our pride and turn our everything over to you so that You can guard them like You have promised in your word. Thank You that You will guard what we entrust to You and that You are willing to show us when we take back things to fix them on our own.

Amen