Friday, September 13, 2013

Fantastic Friday #384 - Reaching

Reaching

14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  2 Corinthians 4:14-16
 
Do you find yourself reaching for answers, reaching for belief or reaching for faith and yet some of those things just seem to you to be slightly out of your reach?  Maybe we are looking at these kinds of things from the wrong perspective.  We are always told that when we need God the most, we need to reach out to Him through prayer and thanksgiving and through submission to Him. This is all very true and we should be doing this daily and when we are in need, but are we truly receiving what God has to give us?  Are we allowing God to "reach" out to us by submitting to His authority, or are we too stuck in what we have to "do" to achieve His Grace. The funny thing is we don't have to do anything to achieve the Grace He freely offers, we just have to accept Him.  So after we "reach" out to Him with our requests, how about sitting back and letting Him "reach" us with His will, which will give us answers and strengthen our belief and faith in Him.

Have a great weekend.

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