When my way seems too hard, Lord, it really isn’t. You are with me. When my load feels too heavy, it’s not. You carry it. When my heart feels like it’s breaking into pieces, it isn’t. You are molding me. When I feel overwhelmed by the pressures of life, I’m really not. I’m at rest in you. You keep me in perfect peace when I trust in you, when all of my thoughts are fixed upon you. Letting go of who I have always believed myself to be, I reach for who you have created me to be. Starved for lasting joy and peace, I’m now ready to reach for the life and purpose you have chosen for me. Moving to the edge of what I have never had the courage to allow, I launch into the depths of what has been my uncertainty. One breath and one moment at a time, you form me, you fire me, and you fill me.”

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Excerpt from the devotion "Risk to Receive" Form Me, Fire Me, Fill Me, page 117

Disfigured, dressed in tattered rags, his face hidden by rags, a man watches Jesus. His body is covered with leprosy. Risking being stoned to death, the leper rushes to Jesus and falls down with his face in the dirt at his feet. Without raising his head, he entreats, “Lord, if you are willing you can heal me and make me clean.” This leper knows that because he is dirty to get within six feet of someone who is clean means that he risks death. Both his determination to come to Jesus and his statement “if you are willing” reveal remarkable faith...

Copyright 2017 Lynn Lacher

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