I was thinking about someone I know. She has been an on and
off Christian for at least 25 years. Like me, she gets confused about who God
is and what he wants. Well, about 2 years ago, she decided she was done questioning
and wavering. She was going to get with God and stay there. The change in her
has been miraculous. She is happier,
more peaceful, more loving, giving and kind.
As I thought about this, I thought how every Christian is a
walking miracle. Some say there are no miracles anymore. I know there are; I’ve
seen them. But it is also a miracle how
God changes our thinking and feelings. Some of the things I used to love, I now
feel nothing for. Some of those things are big, some are small. But it was God
who changed me, not me myself.
A personal story: 30
years ago my husband and I were not happy together. I think we both thought we
had made a mistake in getting married. At that time, I had a job as a janitor
and my husband worked for the gas company. A man at my job slowly started to
like me. I slowly began to enjoy his company. A woman at my husband’s work
started flirting with him. She told him she was lonely. Eventually she asked
him to leave me. The man at my job asked me to leave Dan and be with him.
At the time I prayed, “I see Lord, how this is happening to
both of us at the same time. Satan wants to break up our marriage.” I prayed earnestly for months about how I
felt about this co-worker and asked for deliverance. Soon, he was given a
different position and we didn’t see each other any longer. Also, God had taken
the feelings I had for him away. My husband introduced the woman at his job to
another man who worked there. She dated
him and they eventually got married.
I love how the Lord dealt with everything. He helped both me
and my husband to remain faithful without having to quit our jobs. He ruled
over our feelings because we asked him to. Without God, I’m sure we would have
cheated on each other and our marriage would have been over. How God worked
within our hearts was a miracle.
I’ve learned through Joyce Meyer how Satan tries to use our
feelings to rule over us. I’ve learned from God that he can take my feelings
and change them. This brings such freedom to my heart, because I know however
bad I feel, God can come to me with good. He lifts my head and makes me see
what really matters – his love for me and for the world.
“But You, O LORD, are a
shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts my head.”
Psalm 3:3
