Struggles

Ever been at a place in your life where you knew you should be doing something like cleaning the house, hanging up clothes, washing dishes, diving into the Word of God, getting on your knees and praying, but you just had no desire to do anything but sit around and do nothing? I'm not talking about being lazy on an occasional evening, but during repeated evenings, to have no desire to do anything.

Ever had that feeling like God was trying to tell you something but his voice would only come through in bits and pieces because you were not really listening to what He might be saying?

Ever known that He was about to do something great (or may even be in the middle of doing something great) but you were under so much oppression from the enemy that you couldn't enjoy what God was doing?

Ever allowed your joy to be taken from you?

If your answer is "No", then you are either very blessed, very righteous, not paying attention, or a liar. (I'll leave that between you and our Savior.)

Fact is, there are times when we, as Christians, struggle. We have days when the desire to do anything besides be with God is overwhelming. We often will allow the world and all its trappings to invade our lives and make things so noisy that we can't hear God. We miss out on part, most, or all of what God is doing in certain situations because we are not expecting Him to show up or to do anything. It's easy to sit and stew in our own misery. But it takes action to kneel before the throne of grace. And even though I use the word "we", the words are coming from "me". I am the one with the current struggles. I am the one in need of a face-to-face at the throne. I am the one who has allowed other things to clutter my mind, not leaving much room for the lessons my Lord wants me to learn.

Please take a moment and pray for me.
Pray for God's best to be done in my life.
Pray that my desire for Christ grows.
Pray for His best to be done with CSI JAMAICA.
Pray for His grace to be poured out daily on His servants, both here and there.
Pray for His direction to be clear.

And as much as it is currently "me", "I" or even "we", it very easily could wind up being "you" all by yourself. So please feel free to share with me any concerns that I might be able to go to the Father with on your behalf.

We were never promised that the life of a Christ Follower would be easy. Oh, there are moments when things may go smoothly, but those are the moments when we must realize that we should be preparing for the battles that are coming. Because the battles will come. Frustrations will come. Struggles will come. And our Lord will be right there with us all the way.