Scripture

In the course of my life He broke my strength.

~Psalm 102:23, NIV

Quote

Everything that man leans on, other than Christ, will become a dart that will certainly y pierce his own heart through and through.

~Philip Brooks

Jacob was a mama’s boy who learned early on how to manipulate circumstances and people. He decieved his own father and cheated his only brother. For years Jacob lived by his cunning, his worldly wisdom, his skill and his wit. No one could out smart him, not even the biggest con man in Mesopotania. But, God was waiting patiently for Jacob to return home and face big brother {6’5″, 275 pounds} a mean, not lean, fighting machine. Jacob began worrying long before he encountered Big Brother. Jacob was smart enough to know, he could not whip Esau. He had a better chance wrestling with an angel. For the first time in his life, Jacob felt helpless and he began praying earnestly. He wrestled with the LORD in an all night prayer meeting and the LORD touched him, crippling the self-reliant independent one. From this point on, Jacob walked with a limp or a lean. God lamed him and then renamed him.

Sometimes it takes a crisis to brings us to our wit’s end. We have to face something that is insurmountable; something that seems hopeless. It is in this moment that we throw in the towel and say, “LORD, You are my only hope.” We humans are slow to learn: as long as we think we can manage, we pray for the LORD’s blessing but we don’t surrender our will to His plan. We want Jesus to ride shootgun; just be there in case we need Him. What pitiful logic: He is the breath in our lungs. We need Him desperately, some just don’t realize it. It might take an Esau to open your eyes. Have you faced your Esau yet?

Extra

Going to slow down just a tad today, LORD willing. I plan to work some more on the barn but I need to plow the garden before the rain tonight. I side dressed four rows of corn yesterday. June went to the garden to pick turnip greens and came in with four of five huge turnips. We had them for supper. We grew them in a combine tire. The only problem with the tires is that you cannot move them out of the sun when it gets hot. I can move the watering troughs. The early stuff can’t take the heat.

I hope you have a good day. Thanks for reading the blog. Pray for our cancer warriors.