At times I am reluctant. I am pulled kicking and screaming into action. However, once I begin doing what I need to do, I see that it is not so hard or so difficult. I just need initiative.
Case in point, I am part of a committee of women in which I have a lot of homework to complete and time to commit to make sure things run. I am not at the top (i.e. the moderator/president), but I am one of the many members whose homework needs to be done for the further success of the group. At times I feel overwhelmed by how much work lays in front of me and so the energy necessary to complete the tasks just seems not to be available.
However, today, I had an interesting beginning to my day. I prayed to the Lord our God for strength, guidance and I remembered the need to focus on God - not the tasks, the angry people we may know, or any of the many inconveniences of life. And as I asked God to help me focus more continuously on Him, in that act I was prepared to have the energy or rather access to the energy of how to move forward and act now.
And with that being said, I have accomplished more in the last 3 1/2 hours that I have in months by making phone calls and suggesting future actions/meetings and agreements.
It is so necessary to put on the full armor of God. To have my mind protected and enveloped in the word of God along with purposeful submission to the will of God in my life. I am able to trustingly move forward in a more positive and effective manner. To God be the praise and the glory. Thank you again my dear God for looking after me and working through me.
