Ready to fly away

A great old hymn starts with the line….”I’ll fly away to glory….I’ll fly away….” Some days you would love to just fly on up into heaven and never come back. Walking this walk on earth with the Lord can be exhausting. It’s tough to keep your bearings when the world is sitting on your shoulders. Thankfully, He is there to hold us up.

I have a friend that is facing tough times. They applied for an opening, some time ago, at their place of employment, and a less qualified person was given the job. Then recently the same thing happened again. They felt intense discouragement, and wondered out loud, where is God in this?!

It is very easy to feel discouraged, especially when circumstances seem to all go wrong. God tells us in His Word, put your eyes on me and trust me. I know we are to understand that God has everything under control, but it’s easy to fall victim to the feelings of anxiousness about the day to day living out of our faith. If you’ve ever faced these kinds of times, let me share some wisdom from his word to encourage you.

1 John 5:18-20 (New International Version)
18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Walking in faith means we accept the truth of God’s plan. He holds us in His arms, He protects us from the evil of this world. He never said the evil of this world does not exist, in fact He promised us that it does. He promised that if we are in Him we can rise above the evil of this world. The decisions that are made in this world that do not acknowledge Him, will always be decisions that are built on shaky ground. We may be “in” this world, but we do not have to be “of” this world.
Yes, you really can live above your circumstances. God will give you the strength and His wisdom to do just that. God’s plan is for your good, not for your defeat.
When you face troubles that you can’t climb over, reach out and accept His hand, to lift you out of the miry clay.

the pilgrim