A Block In The Road

James 1:2-8

New Living Translation (NLT)

Faith and Endurance

 ² Dear brothers and sisters,^[a] when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. ³ For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. ⁴ So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. ⁵ If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. ⁶ But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. ⁷ Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

"I cannot comprehend your love. Your heart toward me surpasses mine for you yet you love me. And I have turned away from you gone here and there and anywhere but you yet you love me. Yet you love me. With everlasting love you love me. With your loving kindness you draw me and I will run and I will stream to the goodness of God."' Everlasting Love Eternity's King

I am done confessing that I am stuck. I can only move forward because the Spirit of the Living God lives in my heart and where his spirit is I am free. So I will continue to run to the goodness of God. My relationship with him cannot be based on feeling, I'll just have to keep pressing on when things don't seem right. I will just be reminded of the verse and be patient. I will know that when I do feel stuck it will be a time where I can grow in endurance and in faith. I will continue to follow God. I will keep going down the same path and when there are so many blocks on the road, I will sit there and pray. I will try and find the reason for me being there and wait for the block to be removed. I will continue to keep searching for more of him.

I need to start waking up with anticipation. I need to anticipate that God will use me in great ways each day. I will give everything to him and trust that he will use me. If he helps me plant a seed in someones heart by just a simple smile than that is a start. If it's words of kindness or loving actions let it be. Like one of my friends said let him have his amazing way in my life. I surrender all. May God bless you today.

We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord. Romans 15:2