A few days ago I was having a rough time of it. To keep the embarrassment to a minimum, lets just say I was having a touch, a pinch, okay fine, a major attack of selfishness. Things were not going my way, and I was not happy about it. The Holy Spirit in His kindness attempted to reason with me in my soul. He reminded me that the Lord was working all things together for my good. In my heart, I very bluntly said, “I don’t believe it!” To which the Holy Sprit reply, “My good is not always what you think is good.” To which I replied, “I want what I think is good!”
At the time of this attack, I happened to be riding in the car with Mr. OverKill and the kiddos. When I relayed the story to him, he asked that the next time I decided to argue with the Holy Spirit, that I do it a little further away from He and kids. The lightening would have gotten us all, he said.
24 hours later of course, I could see how silly my tantrum was. It wasn’t even over something important. But the Lord reminded me that, He is working all things for my good, which is the good that He perceives for me, not the good I perceive for myself.
It is so hard sometimes to trust. I find myself more and more whispering, “I believe, help my unbelief!” I find that I am reminding myself of all the good things the Lord has done for me, even thought at first glance they didn’t look like good things.
I do believe it might be time to reprint my “God’s Faithfulness” cards.
Just as Philippians 4:8 reminds us, we need to meditate on things that are true. There is nothing more true than God’s Word and God’s faithfulness.