Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Need To Be Okay
Over the last few days in talking with friends and just dealing with my own life one thing has occurred to me. In the past this subject has come up for me, and I did not think about it as directly as I did this morning. It seems within us, or at least most of us, there is this drive to be “okay” – we want to think we did or said the right thing at the right time in the right way. I believe this is what was written many times in the psalms, and why we believers, before we are believers, are drawn to Jesus.
1 John 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalms 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Perhaps the most important thing for me from thinking about the need to be right is that it helps me to get back to the beginning. I chose Jesus not because I was a good guy, but because I am not and He is. If we will let ourselves realize that we will not always be okay, then we can also let ourselves go back to Jesus everyday and seek that forgiveness and cleansing that onlyt Jesus, the Rock of our salvation, is able to bring us. Then we will be okay.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You as the Most High. Thank You for this new day. We ask that You renew us today. We have made and will make mistakes. We can only make it with You, we cannot make it on our own. We ask that today You send Your Spirit in a mighty way into our homes and towns. Send us Your reviving Spirit that all may know You alone are our God. Please send today Your healing, deliverance, and overwhelming provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.