Anybody been feeling lately that they are just stuck where they are? Do you kind of feel like you're trying to run away from your problems but feel like you're just running in place because they feel like they are right behind you? Well that's how I feel. I feel like just when I've ran so far away from my problems because I turn around and there not there but when I turn back around they are right infront of me. When that happens to us we have two choices. We could either chose to see that our problems are right infront of us and chose to turn around and just keep letting them follow us or we could put one foot infront of the other and take them head on. Which one would you chose? The first one seems easier then the other. I know there's a lot of people who don't like to deal with their problems so they will keep just putting them behind them. Over these past 6weeks I've been battling this. I chose to deal with my problems head on but there has been many times I've wanted to turn back or try and go around them because going through them I just feel like I'm getting beat up and hurt. But I keep chosing to keep putting one foot foward and keep pressing on.
Why keep pressing on? Why would I chose to keep getting beat up and hurt? Well it's because just when I think I don't have the strength to take another step foward God gives me the strength to take another step foward. In Phillipians 4:13 Paul says he can do all thing through Christ Jesus who strengthens me. But this doesn't mean that we can do anything and Christ will stregnthen us. Can he, yes. But does he, no. The context of this is before this verse Paul is talking about all the things he's been through like ship wreck, being stoned, beat, and being in prison. Paul recognizes that the only way he has gotten through all this and the only way he could continue pressing on is with the strenght of Christ Jesus. Do you think Paul was stoked about all those things that happend to him, I don't think so but he did realize that his strength comes from God and God would be the one to keep him going.
My prayer for us today is that we would be like Paul in the sense of knowing that God is the only way we could get through our tough lives. I pray that we always make sure that we allow God to be our strength, help, and hope so that we can continue to press on. Remember this we might not always like the way things are going, we might feel that they are too hard to handle. Know that God will never let you go through something that you couldn't handle and that he will give you his strength. Our ways might seem like the good choice but his ways are the perfect choice!