Give it up!!!!

God is so good to meet us where we are. He knows our innermost struggles and He wants to encourage us and give us hope. Sometimes we just don't let Him comfort us. Sometimes we are just so busy feeling frustrated, hopeless, negative and bad that we don't turn to the only One who can help us. I think when we don't turn to God for insight, answers, comfort, breakthroughs - we basically are telling Him we don't need Him, we can do it on our own. He isn't going to force Himself on us. He is always there waiting for us to FINALLY lay it all down at His feet. To give up, give it ALL up to Him. Only then can He step in, once we surrender it all at His feet and tell Him to have His way. That is such a scary step to take one that most won't ever do. But without taking that step, we will continue to struggle and be anxious and frustrated fighting in our own strength.

I have been feeling down the last couple of weeks. Having to fight off frustration, despair, hopelessness. I have done battle in my room with Satan and all his minions many days now. I have read and prayed. But the heaviness has still been there. Went at it again tonight, and God showed up!!! God gave me some encouragement. Nothing concrete has changed with our situation, but He gave me promises to claim. Promises in His word. TRUTH!!!! God's Word will not return void, it is life giving. For me tonight, God's promises are in Psalm 16.

Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.

I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.

LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful[b] one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

This scripture encouraged me in a few areas I have been praying about. Seek the Lord for answers to what is troubling YOU. He desires to reveal Himself to you. Just ask Him.