About two weeks ago, Dennis (one of the church pastors), spoke on Sunday about getting to the Promised Land. A typical church service lasts around a little over two hours and it is usually 90 degrees with no sort of ventilation. Along with the sweat and heat from everybody else sitting next to me, I almost always have a child on my lap….so paying attention to the pastor’s sermon is kind of a struggle.
This Sunday though, as I sit with a beautiful Swazi kid on my lap and am attempting to fan myself, I’m also distracted by life at home in the states. I’m sitting in Africa, with an amazing child in my lap, thinking of my crazy life at home?! WHY? Then it dawns on me, the devil wants me to be worrying; thinking about my past and who is doing what at home or something that could be so much more interesting than what Dennis is talking about. It is so true that so many people (including myself) get caught up in the past and events that lost their excitement when they were over. I think back to times where I’ll be talking to a friend about an event that happened in the past and I’ll be SO excited while that friend may be thinking why the heck is she so excited about something that happened last year?
God is calling me to stop being comfortable and living in the past. I should strive to reach his promised land. This means to stop looking in the past and dwelling on certain events/people. Of course there is a time for sharing memories with one another, but God is saying he wants to take me to new levels. He did say “I will never leave you nor forsake you”, so why should I fear, but give my everything to him. I could live my life riding the coast line, or I can choose to dive in.
Hope everyone at home is doing awesome 🙂 I LOVE you all.
Emily
“But the one who peers into the perfect law of
liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful
listener but one who lives it out—he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:25).
