“Know ye not that ... ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
As you begin this day, or as you try to catch your breath somewhere between the beginning and the end of this day, take a minute to remind yourself of what it is that God Himself has given you to do for Him — your mission. You, ladies, young and old, married or not, are God’s missionaries. A “missionary” must consciously lay his life at the feet of Jesus Christ. If you are to be free from distraction from your true mission and from repeated disappointment, you must lay down what you want to lay down and what you don’t want to lay down. Oftentimes, however, as ladies in a home setting we don’t stop and consciously lay down the things we think we “need” to function in everyday life. What is it that you feel you desperately need to survive today? Is it sleep after being up umpteen times last night? Is it relief from the burden of agony as you watch your child struggle? Is it special compliments from your husband or family to make you feel worthwhile? Is it some “me” time? Is it just a break — a simple vacation, or perhaps a little personal fulfillment — something that makes you feel like you are a capable human being? Whatever it is that you are not getting, that you think you need, that is what you need to lay at His feet today. Consciously say your perceived need(s) out loud as you place it (or them) there. Then get up off your knees and believe that He heard you. (He did whether you believe it or not, so you might as well believe it and get the benefits!) If you really do need what you placed at His feet, you can trust Him to give it back to you (without your fighting or insisting, by the way). If you do not really need it to accomplish your mission for Him, He may or may not give it back. Either way you will get the peace that comes from not having to “fight” for it — either with God Himself or with some human that you think is withholding it from you. This peace leaves you free, mentally and often physically, to pour your all into the work that the Lord has given you to do without unneeded distraction (the Lord knows there are plenty of needed ones), whether your duties are those of a wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, caregiver, or some other role. He will indeed give you all that you need today, and you will praise Him for it because you consciously laid those things at His feet. You know what is still at His feet, and you know what He gave back to you. “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:1919But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)).