"When you seek to obey what God has told you, you will sometimes meet resistance and criticism from others who disagree with the wisdom of your actions. Your immediate response may be the urge to vindicate yourself. However, if you wait patiently, time will reveal the wisdom of your actions far better than you could through argument." - Blackaby Experiencing God Day by Day


This morning I am learning to let go of my own will and desire to vindicate myself. As a woman who has been beat down by the nature of this world, sucker-punched by the hard knock life of being a mother doing her best to raise her son with little resources, slapped in the face by the harsh reality of people being imperfect and not keeping their word, being subjected to the world's scrutiny because I don't meet people's perception of woman or Christian or mother or minister or whatever you want to label me ...  ... ... yeah, sounds painful, BUT one thing I know that is true and THAT IS JESUS is the answer, Jesus is the solution, Jesus is the name above ALL names, Jesus is my healer, my redeemer, my provider, my comforter, my vindicator, my justice, my hope, the truth, the life, the way, ... His name is Power.

We've all be wronged one time or another in life and most of us find it difficult to let go and detrimental to trust again. In the midst of feeling violated we've lost all hope of security. And so we try to build our own security by building walls.

I pray this morning that God will give me the strength and will-power to trust with the understanding that God is in control and that all I have to do is #trust and #obey (for there's no other way...). I pray that God will tear down the walls that I have built up to protect my fear and insecurity of trusting others. Because God's mighty power is at work in my life and so I have no fear. I am reassured time after time that God is all powerful and His love goes beyond anything that man can do or fathom. I pray that God will be a shield about me, protecting my mind, my heart, my body, and my spirit; that my wisdom is not my own but that it comes from the Lord, that my heart and my mind be in alignment and discern what is from my heavenly Father and what is not of Him, that my body be kept holy and purified, set apart for the work that God has destined me to do. I extend this prayer to all my sisters and brothers in Christ, that they too may learn to let go and trust in the Lord full heartedly.