"Spiritually Guided"

"And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies." (Psalms 78:53) I absolutely love 1 John, it is purely a love letter from the Father's heart to His children; but more specifically, to His children that are having doubts, fears, and feeling overwhelmed by the sickness all around them. You can't take your eyes off of glory, for even a moment, because as soon as you do, you going to feel the weight of this world upon your shoulders. And it really takes no time at all before you're overwhelmed by cares that really don't matter, at least not the way that they do when you make them your own. I want to try to get a better perspective on life's issues and complications, as I am sure most of us want to do from time to time; so, do I focus on the issues and complications, or do I focus on the Lord? I would like to say that I focus on the Lord and leave all that other stuff for Him to take care of; but nine times out of ten, I try to figure out way to calm the ragging seas; something I have no power to do, but that doesn't seem to stop me from trying to do something anyway. Did you ever try and stop a wave when you were a kid? I remember trying to do it once, as I held up by boogie board like a shield, and ended up with a bloody nose. There are some things we should not even attempt to control, but somehow we think we can anyway. To put this into the proper perspective, there are two totally different planes of elevations; actually, two totally different directions would be more like it. Picture yourself standing at the foot of the cross, gazing up at Jesus as He is hanging there. If you notice, there are two different directions that the cross is going; the main direction is the pole, the one that goes into the ground and points upward; and the one that goes side to side, which is the beam. Jesus had His hands nailed to the beam which went from side to side, indicating that He had outstretched arms, which are the arms to handle all of this this life's issues and complications, even all sickness and death. On the pole, Jesus had His feet nailed to the bottom and His head at the top, which indicated the direction we are to be focused, even though we are still attached to this earth. Now believe it is so, and that He has everything under control; because He does! Or, you could just picture yourself in the boat when Jesus was asleep, as the waves were seeming overwhelming and you're thinking you need to wake Him up...

"We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first. If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters." (1 John 4:16-21) NLT