This is part three of a previous post. Catch up with part 1 and part 2 before you dive into this.
Knowing that the Lord was waiting on me, I decided to take action and do two things differently.
First, rather than pray “please end this and take me back home,” I will instead ask for strength to go through the challenge.
Second, I will spend 30min every morning praying and meditating on Ephesians 3:16, asking for His strength. My desire is that the Lord would strengthen me with power so Jesus will dwell firmly in my heart, and so I will know with all my heart that God loves me.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
Ephesians 3:16-18 (NIV)
Then, when I am confident in God’s love for me, and in no doubt that He has my back no matter what, I can stop being like a pendulum. I can be relaxed like Jesus was when He slept through the stormy boat ride.
The strength and power I need can only come from the Holy Spirit. I cannot ‘empower’ myself. So, in my 30minutes I am expectant that as I silently sit with the Lord, He will strengthen me.
Today marks day one of these two new actions and I’m excitedly looking forward to the new thing the Lord does in me, and through me.
Pray for me, won’t you? Or, if like me you need new strength, please join me in taking these new actions!
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