Overwhelmed. That is how I am feeling right now. I feel overwhelmed by school, my new job, friends, life in general really. But most of all God. His love is so abundant and present. Sometimes it is almost scary.
This weekend I was at youthweekend in Lunteren. (Meet & Discover) The theme was 'Pray better' (Beter bidden, in Dutch). We gathered together around the cross (there were 85 of us young people, ages 17-23, and 8 mentors) and learned how to pray, what to pray and what prayer means. But most of all I learned how prayer is a weapon and how to use it to fight the right fight. While I am writing this, this verse comes to heart:
"But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses."
This is in 1 Timothy 6: 11-12. This saturday we watched the movie War Room. I think this verse fits that movie perfectly. Fight the good fight of faith. Isn't that amazing? God wants us to fight, because we are His warriors. He wants us to stand up and stand in His promises.
I know, sometimes it feels like Gods promises are used up or someone else was there to stand in that promises before you and now you feel like it is no use. This is not true. God wants you to take responisibility for your own actions, but also as His child.
I am very sorry if this suddenly started sounding preach-y, but this is something I need to tell myself, too. Maybe I am the one that needs to hear this most of all. God in command, eventhough I might feel overwhelmed by all of the things. Sometimes this feeling of being overpowered is a good thing, because it shows who is in controle: God is!
Just now, I googled verses that tell me that God is in control of my life and I found this verse:
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
This, my dear friend, is who my God is. He is loyal, kind and He is my strength and my King. He will uphold me when I am no longer capable of standing on my own two feeth, which, let's be honest, is almost all of the time. Because I can not do this alone.
Less than three,
Hannah
