Bless Me Indeed

     The deep dark recesses of the mind can be a scary place. Seems we often travel there when life seems difficult. The farther we travel down that path the darker things become. It’s almost as if the cold darkness becomes all-encompassing inviting us into the inner sanctum. Sometimes we fall so far into the darkness that we can’t make out the constant light providing the path out. Sometimes we don’t even know what happened that pulled us down so far into the bowels of despair. The sad thing is it doesn’t really have to be much for the devil to find a way in. Once he’s got you in the cross hairs, it becomes easier and easier to pull you out of the light.

     There will be days where the crying is the least of our concern. We feel the life being sucked out of us and feel powerless to prevent it. Luckily God sends little angels to do His bidding. It seems like sometimes our lives are in such disarray and then along comes someone who shakes up our world. It’s like our life is an etch and sketch, they take it, shake it, and the pain and misery slowly dissipate. It’s like we have been living in a fog and don’t understand why. Seems even when the devil has a hold of us, God sends an unlikely angel to pull us out of the pit and defeat the enemy. Regardless of the situation in your life that has you inviting the cold and dark into your life, if you stand fast, stand strong, the warm light of the Lord will pull you from the despair, the anguish, the agony, the misery, and the pain of the situation.

     We all go through these situations whether we are Christians or not. Fortunately there are some of us more prepared than others. Many times in the last few weeks I have invited the darkness in feeling boxed in by the trials and tribulations of the obstacles in my life right now. I was recently reminded of the prayer of Jabez which says “Bless me indeed, enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, keep me from evil that I may not cause pain.” 1 Chronicles 4:10. I’ve had to repeat this to myself at least 5 times a day the last few days.

     Although I am not directly where I would like to be in life at this particular moment, I am where God needs me to be. I don’t understand it and even have become frustrated at times. Through the tears and the adversity He is teaching me patience. I am resolved to be still and know that He is God and know that He has a plan for me in the Body of Christ. It may be a while for me to know what the plan is, but I will continue to talk to Him, listen to Him, Love Him and pray to Him no matter what. In the meantime, I am thankful for the little angels that He sends my way to help me decipher the message, because without them I would be just another pawn in the devil’s game of chess.