Matt 14: 10-36God is so incredibly faithful! I wonder how many amazing days I have missed out on because they started out bad and I just dwelled on what was wrong instead of looking to see what God has placed before me for that day.
Jesus had just learned that John the Baptist (his cousin, friend, and amazing man of God) had been beheaded and his head had been presented to Herod's step-daughter on a platter. It says, "when Jesus heard what had happened He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place." Jesus had just gotten some really crappy news and wanted to be alone. But "the crowds followed Him . . . and when Jesus saw them He had compassion on them and healed their sick." I don't think that anyone would have thought any less of Christ if He had said "you know what I am having a really bad day and I kinda want to be alone for a little bit." I think that would have been more than reasonable after the news He just received but Jesus refused to let His feelings get in the way of Gods will - instead of retreating to be alone so he could deal with what was going on He chose to look beyond His circumstances to the crowd of people following Him that were desperate for God. By saying yes to the opportunity that God had put before Him, Jesus turned what could have been just a bad day into a day where He healed the sick, preached to thousands, fed 5,000 people with only 5 loafs of bread and 2 fish, and He walked on water! So 2 of Christ's most memorable miracles happened on one of His bad days because He didn't let His story get in the way of God's story. Because Jesus got out of the way and let God handle things, God turned one of Christ's off days into a day full of miraculous events for His glory. God, I am struggling today but I refuse to let my bad day get in the way of what you have for me today - help me to see all that you set before me today, I don't want to miss out on the incredible because I am focused on the negative.
I hope you have an INCREDIBLE day!
Love,
Becca
3 comments:
This is a really good post. How many days or opportunities do we miss because our heads are down, focussed on ourselves? And we don't miss them accidentally either. We deliberately say, "Not now. It's not a good time for me." Thanks for your thoughts. I hope that you enjoy God forever.
You are such an amazing family! Riley is so blessed to have parents like you, and grandparents like Ronnie and Gayle. (So is Ayden!) I know you are blessed to have her as well. I feel we are all blessed to have Riley. She is changing lives everyday. You just don't know how many people you touch that read your blog and don't comment, but take away lessons of love, compassion, and hope, not to mention a greater knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.(Thanks!) Amen to your recent good news and many prayers towards your finances. Like many people I sent your blog to all of my friends and family across the US & they are all praying for you. God will see you through.
P.S. Love the photos!!!
Becca, Josh and Ayden,
I just glory in our God for the news I heard at Celebration on Thursday about precious Riley. We serve an awesome God and He has perfect timing. I pray that you and Josh will find strength in knowing that God is working in little Riley's body even at this very moment and He is holding her in His loving arms. I continue to pray for Riley until God's work in her is complete and give Him all the praise and all the glory.
Love in Christ, Judy Boyle
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