Escaping Sneaky Traps
This weekend, I asked God, “Where has the ‘darkness of complacent satisfaction’ crept into my life, leaving me less than starved for Your presence?” Psalm 82:5a (AMP). I want to walk away from deceptive traps and into Your truth.
Here’s the ugly truth. Overtime I’ve become quick at completing one task only to rush to the next one. Why? The adrenaline rush of being project driven fueled by FOMO, the Fear Of Missing Out. Missing out on what? I was actually afraid of missing out on God’s best. Talk about buying into a twisted lie of the enemy! Yet, I had become content doing things for Him rather than simply being in His presence (big gulp, deep breath, as that was hard to admit!).
It stole a lot from me. So when God highlighted the “darkness of complacent satisfaction” in my life, He asked me to let go, to relinquish the ridiculous need to rush and be driven by projects. I’m letting go of being project-driven to become more presence-focused. Things will still get done, yet in His time and in His way.
As Lent approaches (March 5th - April 17th), where is God inviting you to step out of complacency? What is He asking you to relinquish? Whether it’s unhealthy perceptions, unforgiveness, rushing around, mounting anxiety, wanting children, the complexities of raising them, loss, grief, financial uncertainty, unemployment, delayed dreams, complicated relationships, or fear of the unknown - God wants to meet you now.
Lent is a time to prepare for Resurrection Sunday through fasting, prayer, and repentance. Jesus knows what it means to let go with hopeful expectation. His restoration is always better than anything we could do for ourselves.
God desires to meet you exactly where you are, to repair and restore what concerns you most. His thoughts and ways are far higher than ours, and His timeline often challenges our, “I want it now,” desires. Yet, His restoration is always better than anything we could do for ourselves.
The Call to Action
Jesus understands what it’s like to lay something down in hopeful expectation. This is exactly what Jesus did when He went to the cross for us and conquered sin, sickness, death, and the grave.
Jesus makes letting go of the things we’ve held on to so tightly entirely worth it. What are you being asked to let go of to see what our God will do?
today’s radiant insight:
Complacency and satisfaction are the greatest adversaries to spiritual growth and purposeful living.