A potent reminder

Got hurt at work this week. Thumb in a splint, may need to be re-bandaged, etc., etc. I don't really want to talk about that since it's not a big deal. There's other, more important things on my mind right now.

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All I want to say today is that God is good. I have very badly needed to be reminded of this basic spiritual truth. I've been struggling spiritually as of late, and have often felt quite lost.

At church this morning, the message was from Colossians 2, specifically verses 6 and 7 (NIV):

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

One of the things I really took away from this message on working with God was the necessity and value of discipline in our daily lives. Specifically, we need the discipline to remember what Christ accomplished for us on the cross, setting us free from the curse of sin. We need the discipline to cultivate a right understanding of the gospel, along with wisdom from the Lord. Finally, we need the discipline to meditate on what God has accomplished for us and in us that we may be grateful for what He has done.

I must readily confess that my spiritual life has been suffering of late because I haven't really been doing any of these things as i should be. I have to be responsible for cultivating spiritual growth, even as God has been doing His work in me. 

Earlier, I had a realization. I think one of the reasons why God has not yet allowed me to move on from the printing company is that He was trying to teach me something.  I think He's been trying to teach me patience and trust, but I wasn't having it. Ironically, I think i was trying to be patient and trusting, but I was trying to do it completely by my own effort, so obviously, I was failing miserably. I realize that in particularly trying circumstances, my patience can be severely tested, and that my trusting God in those circumstances can be rather weak. In essence, I think God was growing me, but I was resisting Him. I had to confess and turn from it. 

I feel like a load has been lifted from me. A chance to start anew. Wouldn't we all want that, and aren't we as belivers in the Lord Jesus blessed to have that?