Perfection

Amazed again today by how perfectly the Lord speaks into my situation. I have been dreading these next two days for the past two weeks. My prayer has been one that pleads for the faith to understand that God has given me the exact time to complete the tasks that He has willed for me to complete. No more. No less. I know this, but I fail to remember the truth so often. That is why He gave me this tonight:

Running the Course
Author: Elisabeth Elliot

Today there are just too many things to do. My natural response is to fret and fear. Both are forbidden: Fret not. Fear not. That tells me what not to do. What, then, should I do?
"I will run the course set out in thy commandments, for they gladden my heart'' (Ps 119:32 NEB).
There will be both time and strength today to run that course, for it is always possible to do the will of God. The course He sets for us in his commandments is not an obstacle course, but one carefully planned to suit our qualifications--that is, not too rigorous for our limitations, not too lenient for our strengths.

The plan of God for me, for this one day, is meant not to trouble but to gladden my heart. Christ's yoke, according to his own promise, is not hard but easy--if we bear it together with Him and if we bear it as Christ bore it, in meekness and lowliness of heart.

"We must run with resolution the race for which we are entered, our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom faith depends from start to finish" (Heb 12:2 NEB).

And I am amazed at His tenderness towards my weaknesses. I am trying to obey, and He will accomplish the rest in me.

Thank you, Jesus.

Amen.