I'm Blessy Jahne and I'm on a journey.24 y/o. CHRIST FOLLOWER. Advocate. Worship Minister. Bibliophile. Vintage Lover. Thrift Shopper. Stellar Tatter.
BC, Canada
I have loved you with an everlasting love. (Jeremiah 31:3)
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.
I have been noticing this for days. The gel inside the pot that keeps the plant well-watered (as it absorbs water) was starting to dry up. This may be so, yet I kept ignoring this fact and continued on with my tasks. However, I could not help but stare at it because, well, my laptop is usually right beside it most of the time. I was wondering why no one else ever bothered to check on this poor little thirsty plant.
So today, I did what others did not bother to do, I watered it.
This is a common thing in life, I suppose. We become aware of the important issues in the community and the rest of the world - homelessness, poverty, increasing number of orphans, unemployment, malnutrition, etc. - yet we do not raise even an inch of our little finger, we do not act, because we think to ourselves that someone else will do it. Someone else will have this much care that he will actually make a move and stand up for the oppressed and the needy.
But what if no one else did?
You may say, “But this task is so huge, I cannot possibly do such a thing!” Let me ask you something, was I the one in charge of making the plant grow? No, I was only the one to water it. Very simple, yet it helps the plant grow taller. Ultimately, it is God who will be working through you; you are only a mere vessel. Even the water did not come from me, I only got it from a source.
Maybe God is pressing a deep desire in your heart right now to do something to meet the needs of the least of your brethren. It can be something simple, it can be something drastic. It will not stop bothering you like a nagging person if you do not do what you are being asked to do. Do not wait for somebody else to do the work for you, because as it may turn out, this task is specifically for you.
Obey the Father’s calling and water your own plant right now. Literally or figuratively.
“Be anxious for nothing..”
Sometimes, we stop right there - “be anxious for nothing”. But see, the verse goes on for a reason. You cannot stop being anxious on your own, because it is not humanly possible. Our strength, no matter how strong-willed we think we are, can only take us so far.
“… but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” (Phil. 4:6)
I’ve been making this same mistake too, to tell you frankly. We have all been commanded in the Bible to stop worrying, so that is what I try to do. But guess what, I fail. Why? Because I stop right there. I begin to do things by myself and try to perform this task on my own. Whenever a problem comes my way, I say, “Oh, okay. Well, I don’t have to worry about this.” Moments later, I do actually start to worry about it. Again, because I stop right there. It has become a psychological battle instead of a spiritual one. And my mind can only go so far; it cannot aid me in resisting my powerful Enemy.
But that is not what God has intended for me and you to do. He wants us to dispel anxiety AND call out to Him in prayer. His desire is not for us to set aside our concerns in one corner, letting it pile up day after day until it finally suffocates us; but He wants us to give it all to Him. We cannot fight the war on our own; it is only through the power of the Spirit that we can be truly victorious.
Maybe you’ve been making the same mistake of not surrendering your cares to God altogether, and just merely casting them aside for another day. Remember that prayer is very important. Don’t keep your worries in your heart, lift them all up to Him now.
