Pain
November 19
Jesus Calling has a devotional which reads:
“Do not let any set of circumstances intimidate you. The more challenging your day, the more of My Power I place at your disposal. You seem to think that I empower you equally each day, but this is not so. Your tendency upon awakening is to assess the difficulties ahead of you, measuring them against your average strength. This is an exercise in unreality.
I know what each of your days will contain, and I empower you accordingly. The degree to which I strengthen you on a given day is based mainly on two variables: the difficulty of your circumstances,and your willingness to depend on Me for help. Try to view challenging days as opportunities to receive more of My power than usual. Look to Me for all that you need, and watch to see what I will do. As your day, so shall your strength be."
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Psalm 105:4
(Great Psalm which has us look back into history at God's faithfulness thru crummy times.
Ugh, I am thinking of Moses and his 40 years in the desert).
I learned to start singing praise and just seek the face of the Lord when the mental battle of life gets horrific due to pain (physical or emotional). It works.
My prayer for you all today it that the reasons to rejoice will be so grand that they mask your pain or that in your pain and seeking Him he takes you to a high place that gives you a HIGH which overrides the pain. My heart's desire for those in pain is that Jesus would give them a day that makes them feel like dancing.
