Day #8 – 30 Day Challenge

2015/September by Marji Laine 2 Comments

Today’s is the final entry in this season. We’re talking about a spiritual bog today. I know we’ve been talking about waiting the last couple of days, but simple waiting can become inactivity, leading to faith-questioning, depression, and despair.

Or in this case, a foreboding.

When I start to doubt God’s hand on my life, I start believing all the lies I’ve put down in the past. (Tweet this!)

Remember when I said I’m a Pollyanna? Let me tell you, there is nothing uglier than a Pollyanna turning to the dark side.

The worst possible scenario becomes the most likely. I’m not joking. I become Eyore, only I complain about everything, particularly things that haven’t even happened.

Poor hubby has to shake his head. I’m like the mom whining that her son won’t be able to get his law degree at Harvard, and hubby reminding her that the boy is only five. No, I was never that bad … not exactly that same conversation anyway.

But when I let down my defenses and start believing the devil’s lies about me and about my God, then I open up myself to question everything. And believe the worst.

These times seem to happen the most when I’m the least active. But waiting on the Lord doesn’t mean I have to be inactive. I can still wait on His leading and be ready to jump into where He needs me. Even if, in the meantime, I’m doing other things with my time and talent – for His glory.

And joining Him where He’s working, even getting temporarily involved in a new ministry, is exactly the thing to do to climb out of the foreboding bog that can settle in otherwise. Who knows? Maybe the very ministry you’ve become involved in has been the next step on the path all along.

Your turn: Have you been sitting and watching ministering going on around you? Maybe your neighbors helping with a project or your church work with an outreach or food pantry. What’s stopping you from joining them, even for a temporary assignment?

Tomorrow, we’re beginning on a new section of the book Thirty Days of Devotion. It’s a perfect time to join us. Just share some of your thoughts in the comments. But even if you don’t share, make sure you take the Lord up on His invitation and spend some time with Him daily!