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On Monday, our devotional was about the ways we sometimes spiritually flail and panic, ignoring the voice of God telling us to relax, go slow, and enjoy the process. In fact, in Scripture God is clear: we are not to be anxious about anything. The heartbeat of God is that we rest in Him, and keep swimming.
Our question this week is: how easy or difficult is it for you to believe God’s reassurances (to keep swimming, not flailing)? And how do you experience those reassurances? Do you find certain messages from God easier to hear than others?
"The heartbeat of God is that we rest in Him and keep swimming." Beautiful! For me it's gotten easier. But only because I have come to see the futility of alternatives...it feels to me we are in an energy in which there is a tremendous amount of grace but also clarity about what is not serving the highest God/divine will. It feels like less work because it is so clear.
I agree with Lily and Megan. It’s gotten easier because I can look back and see His provision throughout so many trials in my life. When I feel myself starting to flail, I have to open my Bible and rest in His promises. At night if I am lying awake with thoughts starting to race, I choose some Scripture and begin reciting it over and over. Those words always give me the reassurance I need that everything is going to be alright.
"The heartbeat of God is that we rest in Him and keep swimming." Beautiful! For me it's gotten easier. But only because I have come to see the futility of alternatives...it feels to me we are in an energy in which there is a tremendous amount of grace but also clarity about what is not serving the highest God/divine will. It feels like less work because it is so clear.
I agree with Lily and Megan. It’s gotten easier because I can look back and see His provision throughout so many trials in my life. When I feel myself starting to flail, I have to open my Bible and rest in His promises. At night if I am lying awake with thoughts starting to race, I choose some Scripture and begin reciting it over and over. Those words always give me the reassurance I need that everything is going to be alright.