Moving forward isn't always easy. Some mornings when your feet touch the floor after a sleepless night, it can be difficult to face a busy day. You numbly read a few Scripture verses and let out a pray that sounds more like a sigh. Then you are carried away on a rushing current of the day's activities.
Such an existence can leave one feeling helpless and hopeless to advance toward a brighter future.
While Joshua was conquering the Promise Land he commanded the sun and the moon to stand still. On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon." (Joshua 10:12 KJV).
Time was not on Joshua's side while advancing with the army because evening was fast approaching. So with authority and trust in the Lord, he commanded the moon and sun to stop!
The Lord tells us to be still and know Him so that God is exalted in the earth (Psalms 46:10). We can let the activities and events of the day shape our lives or we can "command" the things that revolve and evolve our lives to stop. Jesus commanded the seas to be still and likewise we may need to do the same when life begins to take away our focus and strength on things that matter to God.
For most of us the highest amount of traffic is in our heads. Our emotions can swing from high to low. We have trouble focusing with so many distractions and interruptions. At night we become troubled about what we may or may not face. We have dreams that seem to get buried below the layers of anxious and troubling thoughts that keep us from moving forward.
I'm learning to pray the truth that I'm a child of light (I Thessalonians 5:5) and to dress myself in the armour of light (Romans 13:12). By doing so, I'm commanding the darkness (e.g. despair or depression) to stop as God's light directs me and leads along the path He has determined for my life.
Beloved, He is our light unto our path. Ask the Lord for strength to move forward - step by step - and trust in His authority to stop the encroaching darkness of just merely existing to get through just one more day. He promises us a full and abundant life not a mean, narrow and restrictive life.
May we hear him as Lazarus who was dead but left the tomb at Christ's command. You may say Lazarus saw a light at the end of tunnel to move forward into a fuller life once again.
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