Unless God decides to resort to lightning bolts and pillars of fire, once again He is forced to use faulty and frail human beings like us to be His ambassadors. White Man Walking by Ward Brehm
Last Tuesday I was feeling anxious and just out of sorts. I felt like running away, not even sure of what I was running from or to…just wanted to run. And I definitely do not mean in the literal sense, especially in this freezing, cold weather here in Michigan!
Then through my anxiousness I read the above quote I had put in a draft of a post I wasn’t even sure I would ever use. It reminded me although I, and others around me, at times have those feelings of running God can still use us “to be His ambassadors.” We don’t have to drudge through it alone (The Lord your God is with you…he will quiet you with his love…Zephaniah 3:17), we should give up those feelings to Him (“an anxious heart weighs a man down…Proverbs 12:25) and understand God knows my feelings and where I am at (” since he [God] knows the secrets of the heart”…Psalm 44:21)
I’ve witnessed God’s use of faulty/frail humans to bring joy, reconciliation and love into the lives of other faulty/frail humans, so just because I “feel” anxious doesn’t mean God won’t use me…I must keep my heart open to how He leads. This time I opened up my bible, began reading the book of Mark and instantly felt the unimportantance of any issues that may be bothering me…Jesus Christ has already overcome evil!
It didn’t hurt either to have my hubby give me a big hug and pray with me!