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Completely Reliant

Ephesians 5:15-17
“Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

 To live wise is to live a life completely reliant on the Lord, having a firm foundation on His word. Especially in times of doubt and despair, rely on the truth because anything other is an opportunity for fleshly desires to take over. However, as quick as we are to sin, He is just as quick to forgive, as Nehemiah 9:17 reminds us, “But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.” Being more indulged in the Word, I am beginning to understand God in an entirely new way and instead of resisting Him, I am learning to embrace Him. Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp for my feet. A light on my path.” A lamp is only capable of lighting up a room, and a light, only a few feet. By following the Word of truth, the only step I need to regard is the one in which He has lit up right in front of me, which is simply that, one step. God fills us with His Holy Spirit moment by moment, and to look too far ahead, we lose the ability to focus on the fruit we could have bore if we were only focused on the task laid out directly in front of us. Of course, this is easier said than done, but that is why we need Christ. We need Him to free us from the worldly thought that we need to have our entire lives planned out and live in the wisdom of applying His knowledge to our lives in the right here and right now. As a planner, this is one of the hardest concepts for me to let go of because I feel secure when I know exactly what I am doing and when I am going to do it. The Lord usually just laughs and says, “no.” When we plan without God and things change, we are more susceptible to act on our flesh because of rage and disappointment. But, when we begin to truly understand that everything is in His hands, His laughter transfers to us because we learn to expect the unexpected and the unexpected becomes the expected because, well that is God’s humor. 

Application
For the next months as an intern at Potter’s Field is to be flexible, and expect the unexpected. 

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