Listen and He Will Get You to Safety...

There is not one Christian who does not experience trial and tribulation in
their life. And I am willing to say that most of the time we as Christians
are responsible, at least in part, for getting ourselves into those trials
and tribulations. And we all know that the first thing we do when all hell
breaks loose in our lives, is run to God like a scorched cat, screaming and
waling and beating our chests and saying something like, "Oh God, if you
don't do something to help me right now, I will not be able to make it until
tomorrow. Thank you for loving me and caring for me and I know that you
will help me out of this situation! After all, you are God and you can do
anything." Sound about right? And then we feel better for a few moments.
We have relied on the Word of God and it's promises. We know that we,
through Jesus Christ, are a son or daughter of the living God. Our Father
owns the entire world and everything in it and now He will come to our
assistance because we have called on Him through our relationship with
Jesus.

Well, a week later, hell is still breaking loose in our lives and nothing
has been resolved. What? We pray, we repent, and nothing has happened?
That is not what the Word promises. Well, there are a few things at work
here. First remember that God is the Alpha and the Omega. He saw you
getting into trouble, and he has seen you at the end of your trouble. He
knows the outcome and what He will do to see you through. However, His time
is not our time. And His ways are not our ways. Secondly, the enemy comes
in like a Lion seeking whom he may devour. His entire mission is to steal,
kill, and destroy everyone and everything in his path. (John 10:10) And
because God has not jumped through our hoop...we, even though we know
better, start listening to the devil. He lies and tells us that God is too
busy for us and that He has no intention on helping us because we are
totally unworthy. The devil tells us that we are evil and that what Jesus
did on the cross applies to everyone else but us. I will quote a scripture
a little further down. Please take note of the word "ALL". And/or thirdly,
we decide that we need to "help" God. Just think about that statement for a
minute. Do we actually believe that God needs our help? Now I am not
saying that if God tells you to do something, you should not act on it, but
know too that there are times that all we do is try to handle the situation
ourselves and say God is in. You need to be very sure that He is in it or
in the process, we get in God's way. It is like getting ready to paint a
room. We don't really know what we are doing and we get into it and create
a mess. It is such a mess that we have to call in a professional painter to
clean up that mess and make the room fit to live in. If you were paying a
professional painter some thirty dollars an hour to fix a mess that you
created, you know full well that you would just leave until it was finished.
You would not even think of going into were that professional was cleaning
up your mess and telling them how to do their job. And if you did, odds are
they would just lay their brush and tools down and leave. Well, when we
stick around and try to "help" God clean up our messes, that is exactly what
we do to Him. He will simply stop helping. He tells us in Matthew 11:28-30
(KJV)"Come unto me, ALL ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light." You can go to the Father through Jesus His Son, and he
will give you peace and He will resolve your crisis. (KJV)Luke 12:32 "Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom." You will see that He will put answers and solutions in your
hands. Then you can carry out the solutions He will give you. One of the
first things we are taught in grade school is how to behave in an emergency.
When the fire alarm goes off, you don't panic. You get in line and follow
your teacher to safety. Know that in your walk with the Lord that teaching
still applies. Don't panic, don't listen to anyone else except your teacher
and He will get you to safety.....Patti