1Kings 19:5
while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”
I've often questioned myself why things are the way they and it's so easy to agree with Elijah's response because we just want control over life, our ministry, our dreams. Our emotions take the better of us and life gets bleak because we lose our vision and forfeit the goals. All we just want to do is give up because all hope is lost.
In a
recent post by Ps Rick Warren, he says "Don’t you dare give up. Don’t
give up on your family, on your church, on your dream or on your life."
He goes to encourage that we are responsible for proclaiming the truth and leading people the best we
can – but not the responses of others. We are only responsible for our
own response. We’re responsible to teach God’s truth but not what they
do with it.
Just don't allow "you" to become the issue in your own mind! God is the
issue. Christ is the gospel. We have received this ministry as we received grace. It is not merited and it is not ours. It is a
stewardship lent to us, but belonging to our Master.
May we learn to stay on course in God and find restoration in the Lord, whom I serve.
M.
