Last
weekend, I drove to Seattle for an instructor training. As we approached
Seattle the traffic came to a screeching halt.
Google maps said the delay would add 5 hours to our travel time. There
is nothing that can make me more anxious and irritable than being stuck in
traffic for hours upon hours. As I sat
there in the traffic I could feel the hostility begin to rise within me.
At that
moment I had a choice. Was I going to believe God’s promises or was I going to
entertain destructive thoughts? I chose God’s promises. I reminded myself that
the Lord knows. He knew this was going
to happen. This was no surprise to
Him. For whatever reason He allowed it
and it must be good for me because He always has my good in mind. Besides, what
did this training matter in light of eternity? These truths calmed my anxious
heart and allowed me to be at peace even as we continued to crawl our way
towards Seattle. We arrived in Seattle two and half hours later than expected.
I had missed the first session of the training but made it on time for the
Master class, and I even received a party favor for driving the longest distance.
. . . by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2 Peter 1:4
God makes amazing promises to us and these great and precious
promises enable us to escape the craziness of this world. Whatever you are
going through there is a promise in the scripture that is waiting there for you
to embrace. Whether you are stuck on I-5
in unmoving traffic, or whether you feel like you are going nowhere at work, or
whether you are being driven crazy by your parents or your kids. Whatever it is that makes you anxious and
makes hostility rise up within you, God’s peace is right there for the taking
if you would simply grab on to His promise and
rest in it because you know the promises of God are true for you.
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