Sometimes God leads us the hard way instead of the easy way, because He is doing a work in us. How will we ever learn to lean on Him, if everything in our lives is so easy that we can handle it by ourselves?
---Joyce Meyers, Battlefield of the Mind
OK... I don't like hard... and sometimes... everything feels hard...
And... yes... at times... God leads us into the wilderness... where it's hard... dry... dusty...
It's hard for me... to see past me... being self-conscious... rather than Christ-conscious... makes obedience... hard...
Then today I realized... when He blesses obedience... it's still hard...
When [Jesus] had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
"Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch."
Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night
and haven't caught anything. But because you say so,
I will let down the nets."
When they had done so, they caught such a large number
of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their
partners in the other boat to come and help them,
and they came and filled both boats so full
that they began to sink.
Luke 5:4-6
(emphasis added)
Obeying the call... to put out deep... leaves you with nets so full... they break... and the boat begins to sinks...!
Every casting out... requires a pulling up... which is hard...
But wouldn't you rather have the hard of a blessing... than the hard of a curse..?
See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse ---
Deuteronomy 11:26
It's time... to embrace... hard...
Because... until He returns... remakes... renews...
it's all hard... and in Him... it's all good...
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