Its interesting what the mind can do. The power our brains have over us, over our emotions, our actions, even our attitude to life. Sometimes it amazes me the extravagant stories I can think up in my head that leads me to think something that is totally untrue. I’ve put my stomach in aching knots over these little stories I make up in my head.
In hindsight I end up feeling a bit silly when I recall these situations, after all, most of the things we worry about hardly ever happen. Maybe its just human nature, we often think the worst. Or maybe its our defense mechanism that if we think the worst and it doesn’t happen we enjoy that feeling of release (or relief!) from the self inflicted stress we had put ourselves through earlier.
I’ve had my stomach knots the past week, thinking and praying through the purposes God has for me. Concerned about what might happen and what people might think.
‘What will they think of me if I do this?”
Fear of man is a tricky thing. It like an invisible string that binds you from every corner. Theres no easy way to navigate through it because, well, everyone has an opinion right?
I think it takes a strong person to stand for what they believe in, no matter what other people think. And an even stronger person to stand firm in what they believe God is saying to them.
I don’t believe that God ever hides Himself from us. I believe that if we seek answers for something, God answers. Surely and lovingly. Maybe if we can’t hear it, its because He’s answered in a way we were not expecting or we weren’t in tune to what He is saying. Like we’ve been listening on the wrong frequency. But He is always speaking. He wants to show us what is important to Him, He wants us to see things through His eyes.
And that is all that ultimately matters; whats important to God and seeing life through His eyes – not to be moved by one man’s mere opinion.