He Meets Me

To those of you who know me, you know, I love to shop. It is one of my joys, but one of my heavy burdens. 

The Lord has so faithfully been teaching me about wisdom with money, He has so faithfully answered my prayers for a changed perspective when it comes to worldly possessions.

Lately, I have been struggling against my fleshly lusts for 'things' and as I pray and read, the Lord again, so faithfully meets me. 

I love that His word is truth, it is solid, and firm. It is full of promises we as His children can ALWAYS bank on! Even the smallest of words from God make the devil flee. 

Yesterday in particular, a war was being waged with in me. My flesh was screaming out that I needed to have the right outfit, the right shoes, the perfect hair, make-up. I was overwhelmed by my feelings of desperation to run to the nearest store and feed my flesh until it was covered in crumbs of receipt paper, shoe boxes and clothing price tags. But God, (I know this is a reoccurring theme in my blogs, & hope it often will be) as He so graciously does, whispered, and His whisper broke through the screams of my flesh. He reminded me so sweetly that it is all vanity. Then He told me to read His word. My flesh fought, but God won. 

I sat down and I opened Psalms where I have been reading and the last two verses gave me one more promise to hold on to. From my Jesus to me. To keep my eyes on Him, to keep my treasure in heaven, and to run the race in His strength and not my own. 

"Give us help from trouble,

For the help of man is useless.

Through God we will do valiantly,

For it is He who shall tread down 

our enemies."

Psalm 108:12-13

Praise the Lord! He gives us help in trouble, through Him we will do valiantly, He will tread down our enemies! Just what I needed to hear from my God. When I struggle with my sin, He helps me in my trouble. I can rely on Him to show me the way to holiness when my flesh tries to drag me away from my treasure.

It reminds me of Romans 8:37 "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." Verse 35 says before that:

"Who shall separate us from 

the love of Christ?

 Shall tribulation, or distress, 

or persecution, or famine, 

or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" 

When we struggle with our temptations, when we are distressed, when we are under persecution, God is waiting for us to come to Him. He knows what we need before even we do. He desires us to come to Him, He wants to show us the way to a life of holiness. When we come to Him, He gives us all we need.  

I praise Him for giving us a way to call upon Him at any moment of any day, because yesterday, everyday, I need Him. 

May the Lord make our hearts steadfast in Him. May we sing and give praise.

In Christ, Gather in.

Jess