Do You Dust?
It’s Friday! Let out a BIG victory cheer!
Earlier this week I realized my furniture needed to be dusted. Now I have to be honest, I don’t always remember to dust. That may come as a shock being that I like things clean, haha. Dusting is one of those cleaning tasks that can slip my mind which isn’t necessarily a great thing since the furniture can be gross. However, when I do dust I make sure I am very thorough and take my time.
Some of you guys may know that I am a part of the prayer team at my church. A few weeks ago a beautiful woman asked me to pray for her. I told her it would be my pleasure. I then proceeded to ask her what specifically I could pray for. She shared that she’s been feeling disconnected from God and that she doesn’t feel His presence, which in turn has caused her to not want to come to church anymore. She feels like He is not with her and it’s made her want to give up. I looked at her directly in the eyes and said, “ I understand you feel like giving up because you don’t feel His presence, however, your spirit must win! Your spirit must win! I’m not saying your feelings are not valid because I have been there before. There have been times when I have wondered where He was and why I don’t feel His presence, but you have to decide internally that your spirit must win. His Word says He will never leave you nor forsake you, so if I trust Him and His Word then despite our feelings or lack of feeling His presence you must decide to stand firm. There has to be an internal decision that you will stay the course because of His character. You find out about His character in His Word and as you get to know Him.” She looked at me with a blank stare LOL. Maybe my response was too forward or didn’t have enough sugar to it, but I said it. Afterwards, we prayed together and all seemed to be well.
When I got home I thought to myself, I wonder how many of us, myself included, wrestle with the internal decision to trust His character and take Him at His Word verses letting our feelings win. If I’m honest, it has happened to me many times. Too many times I have let my feelings win over my faith. Praise God we serve a God that is abundant in grace, kindness, gentleness and patience. My lack of faith at times doesn’t reduce His love for me and it doesn’t cause Him to reject me. If anything, it draws Him closer to me to prove to me that He is who He says He is.
Whether you have been walking with Jesus for 10 years, 10 months or 10 minutes, we must decide internally that Jesus is who He says He is. During times that we don’t feel His presence, are discouraged, feel defeated or whatever, our spirit must win!
How does your spirit win? To me it’s simple, it’s trusting His Word over my feelings. When I don’t feel His presence, I remind myself that His Word says, He will never leave me nor forsake me. When I feel like I’m lacking in finances, I remind myself that as a child of God I lack nothing! He owns all the cattle on the hill and blessed is the one who trusts Him.
Depending on the season of life you’re in or circumstances, there will be times that you have to make an internal decision every so often, everyday or moment by moment. It’s the same thing as dusting. I don’t do it all the time, however, when I do dust I am thorough and make sure to take my time. The times that I have to remind myself to trust Him and decide that my spirit must win over my feelings, I am sure to take my time doing it and that I leave confident.
We love you, Jesus and me.
Cleaning hack for dusting below.
1/2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp vinegar
1/2 cup of water
2 drops of dish soap
