Get Yourself Ready!

[Christsdaughter]

Saw your OP and had to respond. God told my husband years ago to read the verses you quoted to himself every morning and he has been doing so for many years now. Let's just say you got my attention.

Fear is something that can only be overcome by the presence of the living God. I just hope that you are not too hard on yourself when you fall short because we all do.

I remember one time God asked me to give a word to someone in church and I chickened out. On the way home I was mentally beating myself up about it and I just went ahead and asked God why he asked me to give a word if he knew I wasn't going to do it. He said simply...so you'd know just how much you need Me. The whole thing was a learning experience.

I guess what I'm trying to say is just don't be too hard on yourself if you mess up...that's what grace is there for. God is big enough to straighten out any mistakes we make...He's Awesome!

Thank you so much! I also agree that your post is very encouraging. Yes, I do tend to be one that beats myself up, but I am learning to find a happy medium. Thank you!

 

[Christsdaughter]

Very encouraging! Not that we use his grace or take advantage of his grace in order to justify responding in fear rather than in faith, but it is true that his grace is sufficient for all things and that he is the God of second chances (many of them). And, yes, bringing us to the place of recognizing our weaknesses is definitely God's way of letting us know how much we need him so that he is the one who gets the glory, not us, when his will is accomplished through us in the lives of others. Thanks for sharing that with my daughter and with the rest of us, too.

You are right! I need to be careful not to take advantage of His grace also! I need a happy medium. Thanks, Mom!