One of the most powerful promises being offered to us from Christ Jesus is the Promise that He will be our firm foundation, our stability. I think many times we over look this offer. Why? Because by the time that we are conscience of this offer from Him, we are so damaged by life that we have long been living as Pain as our foundation, not Christ. Many of us have been living with instability in our lives for so long that we have lost the sensitivity to understand that this is not how we are to be feeling. Have you felt utterly overwhelmed in the past few months? Have you found yourself in a state of saying, “this is more than I can handle”? What about this one, have you said, “If even one more thing goes wrong, it’s going to be my undoing.”? If you’ve found yourself saying these or other statements kin to these, please know you are not alone, many of us struggle with these thoughts as well. One of the most powerful steps we take to living differently in life is to recognize that the current condition to in not working. As you begin to identify the areas in your life where instabilities exist, don’t beat yourself up over them, instead just try offering a prayer something like, “My weakness is made perfect in your Jesus.” This is not about condemnation, this is about getting better! Jesus is the Lifter of our Heads, my friends. Lock that statement deep within you. How do you start working on the area you are beginning to identify as a trouble spot? When the situation arises where you would normally become disrupted, try to allow yourself the permission to react more out of the Peace of Christ than you do fear, worry, doubt, anger…. In order to live in Peace, we will do it by choice. Often times, instabilities in our lives are due to the fact that we allow the physical situation that we are living through carry more weight on our heart that Christ wants them to. Does that mean the life situations we are facing are not powerfully difficult? No, in fact they are, but each time that we are losing our Peace we are actually losing one of the most powerful tools we’ve been given in Christ Jesus. Allowing the Peace of Christ to begin filling your life with the stable foundation of Christ means that we are daily and hourly choosing to stare longer at our Christ than the situations in our lives that seem to be sent out to swallow us. As you begin to identify the areas of your life where you let instability steel your footing, your foundation, your PEACE, don’t allow yourself to forget the vital need it is to pray daily. In doing this, you are asking Christ to be the offering of strength that you need. Taking this journey WITH CHRIST is so important to its success, apart from Christ we are nothing, but it is in the journey of life that we find the strength to earnestly TRUST Jesus. You will eventually begin to live in a state of mind that sees that your Peace and Stability are not up for grabs. You will begin to live a life where more and more of your life is spent in stability, not because all is going well in your life, but instead because each time situational instabilities take place in your life, you seem them more as something that you will ride out with Christ than an event that you will allow to cause you to lose foothold. In this journey towards stability in Christ, you are going to have times where you feel set back. You cannot allow these to be an utter derailing for you. Remember, you are learning to live differently than you’ve ever lived in life. It’s going to be foreign to you at first, but the longer you walk it out with Christ, the more will come to a point where you value the stability and Peace FAR BEYOND you do giving into the “feelings” you are having of allowing yourself to become unraveled or overwhelmed. Above all—Keep your head up! Jesus has come to free the oppressed, to be the firm foundation on which we can build, and to be the Lifter of the heads of those who are broken. Jesus Christ offers you a love that has already shown its intention…for it is HE that has already given His life in order that you could live out this life with Him, united in a journey. I wish you nothing less than stability on the foundation of Jesus Christ in your life. Forgive the length of these past blogs, but these are some of the more important subject of frustrations that we face in life, instability, and I find it to be one of the most powerful promises being offered to us in Christ, the KEY is learning what it means to be being offered Peace in Christ as our stable foundation. It doesn’t mean that life is going to be perfect from here on out, but what it does mean is that you have a faithful friend/confidant within Christ Jesus and it is through Him that you are being offered more stability than you would ever find by everything going perfect to plan. I pray this blog is a blessing in your life. Pastor Daniella