Is jy geestelik en emosioneel uitgeput a.g.v. die omstandihede die laaste18 maande? Ons benodig ’n strategie om ons emosionele tenk vol te maak en vol te hou. Moenie opgee nie! Vanoggend se woord is vir jou. Ons het die Woord van God wat vol is met terme soos resilliance, endurance & determination.
Voorbeeld van deursettings- en uithou vermoe, om aan te hou:
Paulus skryf…
8 We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair; 9 hunted down and persecuted, but not deserted [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed; (AMP)
Waar kry ons die krag om te kan aanhou en nie OP TE GEE nie soos Paulus skryf?
Wat is die geheim of die sleutel?
4 Aksies/Beginsels/Ingesteldhede wat ons help om by die BRON van hierdie krag in te TAP:
- OM EERLIK MET GOD DAAROOR TE PRAAT, OM HOM TE VERTEL WAT JY VOEL (AFLAAI)
“Unload all your burdens on to him, since He is concerned about you.”
1 Peter 5:7 (NJB)The New Jerusalem Bible
*7 casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. (AMP)
Vertel Hom dat jou tenk leeg is en hoe jy voel.
Wanneer ons eerlik met God is, moet ons 3 dinge weet/onthou:
- GOD WEET AL REEDS HOE JY VOEL EN KEN JOU ELKE GEDAGTE & EMOSIE
“. . . The Lord knows what’s in everyone’s mind AND he understands
everything you think.” 1 Chron. 28:9 (NCV) The New Century Versio
- GOD VERSTAAN HOE JY VOEL AL VERSTAAN JY NIE EERS ALTYD NIE
Ons verstaan nie eers altyd hoekom ons voel soos ons voel nie. Maar God doen
Ons voel, want God voel. IN SY BEELD GESKAPE.
- GOD HOU DAARVAN OM NA JOU TE LUISTER
David: “I love the Lord, because he listens to my prayers. He listens to me
every time I call to him.” Psalm 116:1-2 (TEV) Today’s English Version
“Morning, noon, and night I complain of my distress, and still the Lord
hears my voice.” Psalm 55:17 (NLT) New Living Translation
“The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate . . .”
Psalm 103:13 (NLT) New Living Translation Ons hou daarvan as kinders jou vertel hoe hulle voel
“Cry out in the night . . . Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the
Lord.” Lam. 2:19 (NCV) The New Century Version
- OM GOD TE VRA VIR KRAG
“God is the real source of wisdom and strength.” Job 12:13 (CEV) Contemporary English Version
“I can lie down and go to sleep, and I’ll wake up again, because the Lord gives me strength.” Ps. 3:5 (NCV) The New Century Version
Wanneer jy bid:
“When I pray, you answer and encourage me by giving me the strength I need.” Psalm 138:3 (LB) The Living Bible
- ’n GESINDHEID: OM VIR GOD DANKIE TE SÊ VIR AL DIE GOEIE DINGE TEN SPYTE VAN ALLES WAT SLEG IS
“Give thanks IN (not for) all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you
in Christ Jesus” 1 Th. 5:18 (NIV) New International Version
*Have an attitude of gratitude.
Storie van Job:
Goeie voorbeeld van IN alles.
Wat doen Job?
“(In grief) Job tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and WORSHIPED GOD. He said, ‘I was born with nothing, and I’ll die with nothing. The Lord gave, and now he has taken away. May the name of the LORD BE PRAISED. IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.’” Job 1:20-22 (TEV) Today’s English Version
“Here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength.” Ps. 63:2 (Msg) The Message
- INGESTELDHEID OM KONSTANT OP GOD TE BLY FOKUS
*2 [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, [a]disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God… Heb. 12:2 (AMP)
*As dit nie op Jesus en met ‘n ewigheids perspektief is nie, gaan ons nooit emotioneel oorleef nie.
Hierdie is hoekom ons nooit hoef op te gee nie:
“This is why we never give up . . . our spirits are being renewed every day. Our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever! So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Cor. 4:16-17-18 (NLT) New International Version
Waarop fokus jy vandag? Op die wereld en omstandighede en Covid en die invloed op ons lewens? …of op Jesus?
Slot:
Ek som op:
- Vertel God hoe jy voel
- Vra Hom vir krag,
- met ’n gesindheid van dankbaarheid
- Leef met ’n ewigheids perspektief en ingesteeldheid
- Hou jou oë ge-fokus op God as ons bron vir alles… IN
Soos Paulus vir die gemeente in Kolosense bid:
“We are praying that you will be filled with his mighty, glorious strength SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP GOING no matter what happens – always full of the joy of the Lord.” Col. 1:11 (LB) Living Bible