It’s funny how “I have to be in Jesus” turns into “I get to be in Jesus.”
There is a tranquility that is beyond and better than having all of our earthly desires and needs met.
So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?”
Acts 1:6
I got my 38 Botox shots again the other day. I have pin holes on my face, and I still have the symptoms from the last migraine attack rummaging through my head, body and emotions. After 58 years, I still wonder when Jesus will heal my migraines, when the physical and emotional pain will stop, and when He’ll work out so many other things in my life.
In the natural, what do you keep asking Jesus for? What do you think He’s promised you that hasn’t come to pass? What do you want Him to do for you? Is it family, money, a job, health, the past, the future? What is it?
When I read Acts 1:6 this morning (6-3-21) as part of my daily Bible reading, the Lord stopped me right there. All of a sudden, I felt I could totally relate to the apostles’ question regarding Israel. I could tell it was a Holy Spirit time. My eyes filled up with tears. I could feel their pain from years of Roman rule. After all, the apostles and Israel were God’s people and land.
When I think God should do something, He often seems to ignore my request. It used to really frustrate, and anger me.
This morning, when I read that scripture, the Holy Spirit said, “I, alone, know all your heart. I’m teaching you to trust me with all your heart. This will heal and change your life in the most super-natural, complete and freeing way. When all that matters in your life is being able to let go of everything and to trust Me with all your heart, you will be Mine. All that is Mine will be yours. You will be free from care in a way you never knew and you will have new eyes and a new mind that see Me and know Me and all that I have for you in a whole other way and light. You will know the total joy that comes from knowing that My ways are not your ways. Trust Me.”
Thanking and praising God in all things,
Mark