This Is Not The End...

Isn't it amazing how perspective works? To a parent or other adult watching their child struggle as the "little things" in their environment can cause some serious levels of frustration and fear and your attempts to comfort and reassure them  that all will be okay don't always work... at least not at first and not with the level of success that we hope to achieve.

Then you consider your own plight as an adult, dealing with seemingly more significant issues. Fear arises. Anxiety creeps in. Nervousness throws the fastball of the unknown towards the bulls-eye target marked on your face. And the mind firmly depresses the accelerator pedal of possibilities while you hope the floor of your spirit doesn't not give out from the pressure.

Meanwhile, God sits there as the pit crew boss of your life and simply asks a poignant and incredibly reasonable question.

What in the world are you doing?
In the grand scheme of life, as big as this matter looks in the moment, this is so not the end of the world, and certainly not the end of yours.

Yet it's so easy to do. Whether our experience in life is limited or extensive and whether the same is true of our faith and walk with God through Jesus Christ, on any given day and any given circumstance we can find ourselves in this state of frustrated anxiety while seeking and hoping for a clear solution that results in peace and stability.

You've done it. I did it yesterday. Kids do it daily. And pastors probably more often than you know about.

So, on this #youthPastorWednesday, pray for pastors. Pray that a spirit of fear would not be so quick to rise up against them. May a spirit anxiety and worry not detour nor debilitate them. Pray for strength and determination, that those things which the enemy has designed to ultimately destroy their lives would be defeated, by the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the power of God. May the faith stand firm and waver not. Pray God would give pastors of youth and kids ministry wisdom and guidance; to help instill and reinforce firm foundations of faith, that no matter what they face in this life and where their place or status in life may stand when trials come against them, that those young people will indeed stand strong, laying hold of the power of God.

For greater is He who is in us,
Than He that is in the world.
For we are His workmanship.
And He has not given us a spirit of fear,
But of peace, love and sound mind.
For the glory of God.

- PNC

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