"Let It Be..."

"O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph." (Psalms 47:1) Sometimes we just need to forget about the circumstance and focus on the victory; after all, what really matters is what Jesus has done for us, not what the result of our circumstance might turn out to be. The victory has been won! All that is left is a celebration of the life that we have in Christ, because none of this present life really compares with what is to come. I mean, think about it; if Jesus is our King, then where is our kingdom? It's not here! Each and every day brings me closer to the day that I will be in His presence; each and every day is another day to celebrate the life that is to come. The more we celebrate that which is to come, the less we agonize and are tormented by this present life. Sometimes I ask God, "Just help me get through another day", not realizing that the day is a day that He has made! Every day that we have is another day of opportunity, another day to celebrate and to share what God has done, regardless of what our situation might appear, there is a cause for celebration, because of what the Lord has done for us that goes beyond this life. I mean really, of all the healing, and of all the miracles, did anyone gain eternal life through any physical healing? No, the healing was only temporary, and only prolonged that which was going to happen anyway; but the real miracle is the free gift of God, which is His grace freely given to those of us that surely don't deserve it. The most important thing we have is that which has been given to us freely, God's grace! O how I need to make that my banner! That is what is being said by "shout unto God with the voice of triumph", the voice of triumph being something that is proclaiming victory in God, not necessarily victory over anything that happens here, but victory over sin and death, that's the victory that matters the most! Lord, please free me up to love you! That is what I need more than anything, to just forget about all the temporary garbage that keeps cluttering my mind, and just love God with all that is within me. Then maybe I can begin to love others as God has intended me to do... "According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain into life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 1:3-8)