Day 23 - Going for the Gold

Well it's the time for Olympic Summer Games and the stories of these athletes and their journey to gold is very inspiring.  It made me stop and evaluate what in my life I could "go for gold" in.  It is obvious that it will not be sporting events but the Bible admonishes us to "run the race in such a way as to win the prize".  So after praying I understood my race at present is this study on 'broken' and the finish line, the prize, is another 342 days away when the year is complete.

I know that there will be days I am not in the mood to blog about what God is doing, saying, or maybe even when I'm hearing nothing.  But I'm in this to win and to have God enlighten me in every aspect of 'broken' as possible.  I want injured areas healed and I want more than anything to be an encouragement to many.

So today as I was praying I asked God what was on His heart for me.  The Lord took me to Psalm 84.  The psalm speaks to the utter joy in worship and adoration of God.  How blessed it is to be in the court of His grace and goodness.  It ends with a realization that God does not withhold any good thing from those who walk uprightly.  How blessed is the man who trusts in God.

Lord, help me be genuine and whole hearted in my praise and worship before You.  Look on my heart and know that I long to love you deeper and serve as you position me in this world and with the people whom I encounter.  Even more help me to trust again.  This has been huge for me and I know for many of my readers.  Walk us all through the events that stoled our trust and how You will bring healing.  Amen

So as I'm journeying on the path before me I am mulling around the topic of trust.  Yes, it could be another year long word study. The basis of this element to life is very much imbedded in some of my 'broken' areas.  I know that it is true for many besides myself.  So as the Lord tweezes out the splinters that have shaved trust away I am counting on healing balm to close the wounds and restore me to full reliance on God.  Do you have trust issues?  Are there places or people that have caused trust to be lost?  I am going to tackle this as I lean on where he brought me in the word..."How blessed is the man who trusts in Thee" Psalm 84:12  I wanna be blessed.  How about you?