Daily Dose 3-12-12

Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

We often want to cast our cares upon the LORD for Him to remove them. We all want an easier life. We can justify that desire by assuring God of how much more effective we could be for the Kingdom if we weren’t distracted by our troubles. It certainly sounds reasonable and convincing! He does have the power to take away every hurt, pain and struggle. It may seem cruel to think that a loving, compassionate God could allow the children who love Him to suffer. However, we are never able to approach such assumptions with the wisdom and omnipotence of God. We are not able to see the BIG picture. God’s promise to sustain us may be the one thing that would bring a lost soul to Him. The lost are sometimes more intrigued by lives who endure hardships with dignity, grace and deep faith, than they are by those who seem to have a “Magic Genie God” who grants all their desires. Other believers who suffer need those they can go to with understanding of an issue from a personal perspective instead of just empathy. Instead of helping us understand why situations occur in or lives, He wants us to show the world the hows… How to live in faith when things seem unfair...How to have compassion for others who are also struggling...How to trust when fear and anxiety want to creep in...How it's OK to tell Him we get angry sometimes...How to smile when all we want to do is cry...How He can be glorified in our weakness and struggles...How the issues we deal with can and will be used in His perfect plan...How one day we will see the front of the tapestry where the beauty of strands woven together form a masterpiece, when all we see now are knots and broken threads on the back.

Oh Wise and Holy Father, I want life to be easier for me, and those I love. But I want more for my heart to be formed to Your plan, no matter what that means to my desires. Mold me, use me. Amen