One thing that I think about is how much I learn. Even as I read about and think about how to live by faith, how to trust God, I get the opportunity to prove it over and over again.
The very things I find myself telling people are the very things I have to tell myself. Tonight, with various cares about current circumstance, and with things to come, I am telling myself this:
I can learn to shut the mouth of the lion.
I can either listen to the lies, the accusations, the fears, and the defeat of the enemy. Or I can listen to truth, to hope, to the faithful words of a God that loves me perfectly and dearly.
Last week in Theology the professor made the statement that all sin answers the question "Is God Enough?" with a "no." Tonight I am reminded of that as I feel the anxiety of what will happen in my future circles my mind. I can tell you that in asking that question tonight it keeps me from being productive, it keeps me from resting securely in the knowledge that God has a plan for me and that he is faithful to bring it about. The thoughts and worries keep me from answering assuredly "Yes, God IS enough." And when I look at that, I see so clearly the danger of not taking my thoughts captive.
Right now I get the opportunity to put things into practice I hear about and study. I will choose this day whom I will serve. Today I choose to say "yes" to God. Today I will let God work on my transformation by yielding to him. Today I am choosing faith in and with God and choosing to go "through" the journey. Where I am weak, he is strong.
In my abandoning myself to God, I learn to shut the mouth of that lion. I don't learn this out of my own ability, but through the truth that God gives me.
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith....And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast." 1 Peter 5:8-10
