We
personally bring on much of our own pain and aggravations. Of course, there are some things out of our
control, but the majority of our discomfort is our own doing. We don't feel
like the hassle of one more errand in our day so we pass on picking up the milk
on the way home. We wake every morning to
stiffness and aches because we can't find the time to shop for a new mattress
and have other things we want to spend our money on anyway. In putting off these tasks, we know full well
what the next morning will bring, yet we justify this through our busyness. Too
many times we find our spiritual lives in this same dysfunction. We know we
should pray. We know we should spend time in His presence, but we fill
ourselves instead with other thoughts in our day and wonder why things seem to
be going so wrong. Let us come before God. Give him your time, worries and
cares, and let God remove your pain and show you the beauty of the life he has
for you.
Now Jabez called on the God of Israel,
saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your
hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not
pain me!” And God granted him what he requested. - 1 Chronicles 4:10
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