Do you give yourself too much credit? I know I do. I think I can take care of problems without God’s help, like there is no God (in Israel). Our pastor was preaching a sermon the other day and he said the same thing. We often take God for granted and think we can do it, anything from small issues to big issues, without Him.
We should pray over everything and worry about nothing. Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Bible gateway ESV 2024) Our church is hosting a blood drive, that I signed the church up for and I am stressing out that we don’t have enough people signed up. When you host a blood drive, the Arkansas Blood Institute goal is 12 and I have six signed up seven days before the blood drive. What I need to do, is pray about it and I have been, but we have a tendency to put God in a box, like He can’t do anything! This is such a great opportunity for God to show up and show out, when this blood drive is a success, and we get way over the goal of 12. And of-course we can’t forget to give God all the glory for the successes in our lives.
I have been posting on Facebook, I have been talking to people at work and sending messages on my phone. We have been announcing it at church. I’ve hung up signs and left small brochures with QR codes to make appointments everywhere. I’m to the point that I don’t know what else I can do, except pray and give it to God.
The point is we should be praying over everything, from the time we wake up till the time we go to bed.
And when this succeeds because I have faith, that it will, give All the glory to God. Because there is a God and He is good, all the time.
Carry the Load 