This life can get insane sometimes, and yesterday I was boiling over with anger. How dare they do this to me!!! But God had me to listen to Bel Air Church’s podcast, which focused on this one verse:
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. But take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.” – Romans 8:17
HERE’S THE DEAL: Everything is between God and us. “What do we have that we haven’t received from God?” Nothing. Even my son, Joshie, called me this morning from Nigeria, and his little handsome face staring back at me was a big reality check as to why I MUST keep my eyes fixed on God and not this world. God has blessed me so much that whatever He asks of me, I have to say, ‘OK, BOSS!!!’ Then, immediately shake off the hurts and disappointments, and stay on the high road with Him, even when others go low. No problem, my reward is with God.
And by keeping our eyes fixed on Him, following His leading in every moment of our lives is how He guides us on the path to the best life with Him as our Partner and Guide. So much so that last night when I got on my knees to pray, I only said one thing, ‘Thank You.’ And God loves me so much because a minute later, I opened my meditation book, He and I, and exactly where I continued reading from said this:
“You see how necessary it is to say ‘Thank You’ (Wink! Wink!) with all the strength of your heart.”
For that ‘Thank You’ to show up there a minute after that was all I had to say in that prayer was ‘Thank You,’ was God revealing His invisible Presence with me, when once again, and totally out of the blue, everything lined up TOO perfectly to be a regular coincidence. Let’s make up our minds to roll with Him in every moment by being the loving and forgiving people who go the extra mile, all for His glory! Amen!
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9
