Take Your Anything And Your Everything To The Lord

My Utmost For His Highest

 

Come to Me… —Matthew 11:28

 

“God intends for us to live a well-rounded life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside. Then we tend to fall back into self-examination, a habit that we thought was gone. Self-awareness is the first thing that will upset the completeness of our life in God, and self-awareness continually produces a sense of struggling and turmoil in our lives. Self-awareness is not sin, […] Yet it is never God’s will that we should be anything less than absolutely complete in Him. […] Beware of allowing the influence of your friends or your circumstances to divide your life. This only serves to sap your strength and slow your spiritual growth.”  CHAMBERS

 

(Matthew 14:28-32)  ““Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.  But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.”  Self-awareness.  Trusting in yourself when you are facing a situation that requires supernatural intervention.  Peter was walking on the water while he was focused on Jesus.  An impossibility in terms of natural laws of this world.  And when Peter focused on the natural, when he lost focus on the Lord, the natural took over and he did what everyone else on this planet would do if they tried to walk on water .. he sank.

 

It was not until Peter refocused on Jesus did Peter overcome the natural.  Something that is often over looked is that “they climbed into the boat” together.  They walked back to the boat together.  Peter did not suddenly fund the strength inside himself to get through his trouble.  He did it in the company of Jesus.  When you find yourself in a situation that is bigger than you are, look to Jesus.  Self-awareness most often leads to fear, anxiety.  (Philippians 4:6-7) “Don’t be anxious about anything but in everything with pray and thanksgiving … take your “anything” and “everything” to the Lord” (slightly paraphrased).  Jesus may not take you out of the storm, but He will walk with you through it.  ELGIN