Some days I feel like I could conquer the world. Everything is going beautifully. My plans are playing out just as I had rehearsed in my mind. I am winning. I am capturing the wind and setting sail to destinations of excitement and jubilee. God is good.
I feel like am on the wings of eagles.
Other days...not so much. I am frightened about the future. I'm discouraged. I don't like the prospects that lay ahead of me. I am embarrassed by my circumstances. My plans aren't playing out right. I am losing. The wind has died down and I am sitting in the middle of despair and disillusionment. God is gone.
I feel like I am in the mud with the worms.
Feelings. They are slippery, aren't they? One day we're on top of the world soaring high over all the troubles of life. Other days we're drowning in the wormy mud self-pity.
In my roller coaster rides from the wings to the worms, back to wings then back to worms... I have discovered 2 things about feelings:
First, feelings are just that: feelings. There is nothing right nor wrong about them They just are. So I don't have to put too much stock in them. When I feel up, cool. When I feel down, okay.
Second, feelings are no match for the consistency of God's power and presence. When I feel like He's right beside me counseling me and encouraging me, cool. When I feel like He's as far from me as the East is from the West, okay - but that's not what's really happening. Psalm 139 reminds me, "If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there." (verse 8)
Are you soaring on wings of eagles today? Or are you wallowing in the mud of worms? Makes no difference to the Truth that God is still God. If you need a little reminding of that, I suggest you listen in on what God told Job in the 40th and 41st chapters. I admit, I have to read a passage like that every now and then to remind me that He's still in control (seems like I could almost have have the chapters memorized!)
What do you know about God today?
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