Why is being a Christian so hard sometimes? I am constantly struggling with keeping my faith focused on the Cross. I am not going to pretend that losing jobs and struggling in my marriage is something I enjoy. It is not. Even though I am a believer and know the assurances of the Cross and the bible, I still struggle with faithfully following the commands of my Master.
I should take solace in knowing that He is in control but I still stumble and fall and find myself lost. Of course this only brings me back to Him, but it still is hard to feel out of control. I have lost a job again, twice in six months. This is hard. What makes it harder is that my wife is losing faith that God will take us out of this struggle. Not being able to control a situation is a hard thing to deal with. Especially when my secular job is a Manager where I have total control. Of course I know deep down that God has the plan that I can not see, but I am still human and have a hard time with that. I have been struggling with letting go. I have to let go of my job search, my wife, my kids, my anxiety and let God have control. Please pray for my family and I as we are moving to the next chapter of our lives.
Daily Temptations
So this Wednesday I followed up on Matthew 4 with the teens. We have been going through this on Sunday's with the main service and Sunday School. This chapter focuses on Jesus' temptation by the evil one. What an interesting story for me to study. First I see a God who has become human and is feeling things like a human. He is then taken by the spirit to feel even more like a human. Suffering like we do, Jesus goes beyond by not eating for forty days. That in itself is amazing. He must have suffered greatly to endure that time alone. While I have fasted for a time, I have never gone that long. I feel I would be greatly benefited from that experience in more than one way. ( I am over a hundred pounds overweight) I don't think I could do it alone. Jesus was alone in the desert spending undistracted time with God. Our lives today are so distraction full, that I feel we find ourselves only needing God when things go bad. We only need God when our distractions forsake us and we are dangling by a thread. God led Jesus out to that desert to have time with Him and to ensure He understood our suffering as humans. Hunger abounds in this world and here in the US we have plenty. While I don't think it is the responsibility of our government to redistribute our wealth, it is the obligation of those claiming to be Christian to do something about it. I am guilty of ignoring life around me and focusing on things of distraction. I haven't posted on this form for over two years. That is because I have been distracted. Life is distracting are we willing to let the evil one have his way, or are we going to do what Jesus did and rebuke him and focus on our Father in Heaven?
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