Jokers
13 Jan
For all the jokers out there who say that the Christian life gets easier as time goes on, I say you're full of mud. The evidence all points in the opposite direction.
While I can be successful in resisting temptation for a while, the tempter is continually searching for an unguarded back alley door.
When I succeed in harnessing some sinful tendency, I immediately relax, and the bouncing ball promptly hits me in the back of the head with something else.
I sing "Victory in Jesus" as a prayer because I know all too well that it's not a state I live in very often. "Blessed Assurance" is my heart-cry because I have no other than Christ. "Sweet Hour of Prayer" is my genuine longing because I fight for five minutes while I shower. "It Is Well" is a call to remember that He has declared me "well" even when I don't feel so good about it all.
Sin draws me. Sin often wins. Entirely too often. The struggles of life threaten to drown me.
Yet, there is an anchor. Oh, how I fail to turn to Him early and often. His arms are open and His hands are able. I reminded Crossroads a week or two back that the biggest thing prayer changes is "us". While that doesn't always satisfy my need to see things "fixed", I still believe it's true. God does answer prayers that are offered by His people in agreement with His will. I believe that. (God does not, I don't think, CHANGE His will to fit our prayers. That just doesn't work for me.) However, when we pray more, we learn much more about God and we are drawn closer to Him because we are focused on Him.
Some would say that praying is how we fix our problems. I say "no".
Praying is how we survive our problems.
Pray without ceasing.
That's Bible.
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