Focus On: Psalm 72: 1-12
I have discovered many reasons to write: it brings me freedom, it helps me cope with distinct (personal) problems, it helps me share the word of God in a new light. There have been, however, other limits to writing: I need to get a life, I need to grow up, I need to stop whining. There is no gray spot where the two goals can’t agree with each other!
I am, in fact, definitely in my moon. When I mean, “in the moon”, I mean, separate from what I know: friends, family, a job, and studies… everything I know. And while I see that place disintegrate, I have to make over in this land, of freedom, bravery, and lawsuits! It is, in fact, tough to restart everything, but with God, He will carry all our burdens… if we’re willing to give them away.
This separation from what I know also has taken the toll: the inability to stop sinning. For more that you think of not sinning, you get so wound up by trying to not sin that you sin without measure of that same thing you told yourself can’t sin! Darn, it is hard! It is a true fact: serving the Lord is hard.
Being “in the moon”, I also realize how separated of God we were. Without Him, we were in our own separate “moons”, not wanting anything Supernatural –or nothing righteous- to aid us in our life. Until we bumped into Christ. Things totally changed, proving that our “moons” couldn’t be reined alone, but with Someone on our side. Jesus became the center of our lives, crowned and worshipped in glory. We do know this, but how much of this conviction is in our heart? How many times have we pushed Jesus away? And how many times has He returned?
Remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. (Colossians 2:12, NASB)
I have discovered many reasons to write: it brings me freedom, it helps me cope with distinct (personal) problems, it helps me share the word of God in a new light. There have been, however, other limits to writing: I need to get a life, I need to grow up, I need to stop whining. There is no gray spot where the two goals can’t agree with each other!
I am, in fact, definitely in my moon. When I mean, “in the moon”, I mean, separate from what I know: friends, family, a job, and studies… everything I know. And while I see that place disintegrate, I have to make over in this land, of freedom, bravery, and lawsuits! It is, in fact, tough to restart everything, but with God, He will carry all our burdens… if we’re willing to give them away.
This separation from what I know also has taken the toll: the inability to stop sinning. For more that you think of not sinning, you get so wound up by trying to not sin that you sin without measure of that same thing you told yourself can’t sin! Darn, it is hard! It is a true fact: serving the Lord is hard.
Being “in the moon”, I also realize how separated of God we were. Without Him, we were in our own separate “moons”, not wanting anything Supernatural –or nothing righteous- to aid us in our life. Until we bumped into Christ. Things totally changed, proving that our “moons” couldn’t be reined alone, but with Someone on our side. Jesus became the center of our lives, crowned and worshipped in glory. We do know this, but how much of this conviction is in our heart? How many times have we pushed Jesus away? And how many times has He returned?
In the moon, God will always pick up His stray sheep. He will always carry us in our weakness. It is hard, sure, letting this sink in our heart, but this is why we pray: Lord, please help me know that we are nothing without You.
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