16 Days into the New Year, I thought I would be employed by now and I'm not - gulp* gulp* With the only certain thing in my life being on the first and 15th of every month (oh and now that I'm doing youth the next 9 Fridays are planned out - YAY!).
So the 15th of January rolled round yesterday and I thought 'OH NO I don't have a verse to memorize for the next 2 weeks' que the anxiety. Ridiculous right, anxious because I can't find a verse that speaks to me, one where I can hear God saying 'Justine this is where you're focus needs to be for the next 2 weeks'. In my true fashion I list the things that I am struggling with in life...
anxiety
fear (links to trusting God)
stress
uncertainty
My next step is to page through my journal and see if I've written down any verses that I could use, nothing. My next turn is to my bible concordance and see what I can find, the result NOTHING. Well I am a 21st century woman so lets use technology, I will google the scripture verses I am looking for - nothing relevant. Finally I go to my bible software and search, after scrolling through and reading a number of verses I got Isaiah 12:2 "Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."
Having just posted it, I saw another ladies verse come up under mine and I am now hijacking her's so verse 2 for 2011, which I think re-iterates what I chose - "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV
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"Being CERTAIN of this that He who began a good work in you will carry it onto completion until [Jesus comes back]." Philippians 1:6 NIV
Well, obviously I can relate. Although I have only been without work or pay for a few weeks I have been looking for a job for a few months! The daily surrender of “things” out of my control has been difficult to say the least. I have almost had to repent of my need for control and “wishing”, I’ve had to stop resenting, longing,.. stop impatience and start hoping, start having real faith… start surrendering, start listening .. I’ve found a way of stopping me and starting Jesus. In Luke 24 : 25 ..On the road to Emmaus Jesus says “O foolish ones, and slow at heart to believe that all prophets have spoken” I think Jesus is reminding the people on the road that Gods sovereign plans and ways seem to go the distance and our fear and anxiety are seemingly foolish. So Jesus is the prince of peace, if I had a verse for 2 weeks it might be 1 John 4:18 “Perfect love casts out all fear” ,there is something to be said for a community , like the one we find ourselves in that casts out fear. All of the above considered , I am going to carefully say let’s rejoice in the hard times.
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