CWJC - Persistence - Perspective by Alicia

My day has come when all I have is my will from today till tomorrow. The tension between my “today” and my “tomorrow” sometimes frightens me because I contemplate too many tomorrows.

I can always imagine the worst about my finances and illnesses that tomorrow might bring. All of my energies have become divided between the process of living for now and the fear of my tomorrows. I feel as thought I have forgotten that I have a Heavenly Father to whom I can cast all of my tomorrows. In II Corinthians 12:9, He has promised me His grace. “My Grace is sufficient for you.” So what I need to do is to be persistent and seek Him first. Call out to Him. Cry out to Him in prayer.

So, yes, as of today, I will cast my todays and tomorrows to Him that will make it right. I will be of great persistence and will not give up hope even when others with less hope have given up on me. I will make the best out of any existence and learn to live a more abundant life that God has promised me. For He loves me so much that He was willing to give His Son, Jesus Christ, in order that I might be able to make the best out of my life. From now on, I will not question what life is all about. Instead I will work on how I can make my life worthwhile. This way I can find some of the happiness that others seem to be having, while serving the One and only One, God, the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

I sometimes feel like the man in John 5:6 where Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be healed?” The man’s answer was not a clear yes, but instead a complaint. “I have no one to put me in the pool,” he answered. I, too, feel that when Jesus asked me if I will just cast my todays and tomorrows on Him, I forget to recognize the divine Power in Jesus words.

Maybe it is not what I have done, but instead of who I am. Perhaps it’s now even my withered limbs, so much as my withered spirit. Now Jesus has said that His Father is still working and that He, too, is still working in verse 16. Both are still working with the withered spirit of the ungrateful and the unknowing. And, yes, I feel like God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit is still working with my body which is easy to be cured, and, my spirit which is more difficult to cure.

So, I think that I know that I do need to get right with my Father and seek Him with persistence so that I can receive His promises that are written in His Book, the Holy Bible.
I once heard someone say that God gave us gifts, and that we are to give back, too.

Have no fear for the gifts you give
But the gifts you dare withhold
In a world that needs your helping hand
Your heart, your life, and your gold.

Alicia
March 13, 2009