Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 630
May 9, 2023///
“You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the time!”
I am sure some of you have heard that all of your adult life, but it is true in our lives and in our churches.
How many of us spend our lives trying to please someone else. We worry what others will think and depend on other people for deciding our worth.
We let the opinion of others guide us instead of following what the Lord God Almighty says and leave the results to Him.
Jesus did what the Father would do. He communicated with the Father and paid no attention to the expectations of others.
We wear ourselves out trying to please everybody. We get frustrated because we cannot get everything done that people want us to do.
How many are working so hard to please their employer, they neglect God and Family.
Do not get me wrong. I believe we should work, take care of our families, do all we can for the kingdom of God.
But we need to let God lead us what to say no to and what to say yes to.
Our busy lives should never cause us to neglect the Word of God and Prayer and spending time in God’s presence.
If we are spending time in the Word and Prayer, we will have rest and direction that will cause us to accomplish much more than we can accomplish as we rush here and there neglecting the very thing we need.
Jesus said in Matthew 6
Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Look closely at that! Seek First means to put our time with Him in the Word and in Prayer, first. Then you will have wisdom and direction for everything else.
Many of us interpret that to mean go, do, try to fulfill everything that is asked or expected of us! That is not what this scripture says.
When we seek God first. He will show us the things He has planned for us.
I know people who seemingly cannot say no and end up weary, frustrated and dreading each day because there are not enough hours in the day.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 (KJV)
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
The only way that we will not become weary in well doing and in the good things we can do is when we spend time in Father God’s presence.
Jesus, who was the word and wisdom in the flesh, took time to come aside and talk and listen to the Father!
How do we think we can run through our days and not stop and get the refreshing and direction from the one whose plan is perfect.
Luke 6:12 (KJV)
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Mark 6:46 (KJV)
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
We use a GPS to show us how to get to unfamiliar places and which way is the best and unrestricted.
And yet we try to navigate this life that carries us to unfamiliar places we need guidance through, on our own wisdom and power.
May we understand the Fathers plans are amazing, but we must know His plans for this world we live in and individual plans for our lives.
Then we can walk in peace and calmness and victory every day.
WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO PLEASE!
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Father. I come in Jesus’ name and ask you to touch each of us with the desire to follow your plan and only seek to please you. Help us to understand the power of your word and time spent in your presence in our lives. and our abilities to do all you have planned for us to do. You have written our story! May we live in the way you wrote it. We trust you and follow you, Amen.
Please Jesus!
Love, MeMaw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 