This month has been absolutely crazy, and I haven’t had a chance to write my Monday Moments out. I decided to revisit an old blog post I wrote a couple years ago from December | 2022 | Consecrated to God Blog.
I am a month away from meeting my little girl. All I can think about is getting sleep now before I am waking up every few hours to feed and change her. Of course this last month my boys have been sick and restless and more needy in the night than normal. Today I struggled more than normal to get up and see what my oldest needed. I came back to bed frustrated and tired. Justin reminded me that I will miss this season…but in that moment all I wanted was to sleep.
Do you ever feel that way? So exhausted and weighed down by what is going on it your life that you just want to curl up in bed and sleep for days? I think that is a human response for sure…but what is the godly response?
In my conviction this morning I realized that by giving in and going back to sleep I was giving into my fleshly desires and not seeing these opportunities as times that God wants to teach me more about who He is.
I think the godly response is to take the frustration to Him and have Him show us where we can grow more and more like Him.
Staying up, I have been able to read Psalm 121 and 124 and pray God’s word back to Him. Here’s what stood out to me…
Psalm 121 speaks about where our help comes from. When you place your faith in Christ, your help comes from the Maker of heaven and earth – God. What is amazing about Him is that He never sleeps or slumbers. So, we always have Him to help. We don’t have to wait on Him to wake up or wait for His coffee to kick in. He is already up and keeping us.
Psalm 124 starts out saying
“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side…”
How often do we say, “if it hadn’t been for so and so, we would be lost…” Well, we as children of God say that on a minute by minute basis…or we should.
If it hadn’t been for the Lord we would be lost. We would be dead in our sin and separated from our Creator. Psalm 124 says that if it hadn’t been for the Lord, Israel would have been swallowed up by their enemies but because of the Lord they are free!
The same goes for us!
We are not swallowed up by our enemies…actual people, circumstances, emotions, etc. We have “escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!(Psalm 124:7)”
This morning I thank the Lord…if it hadn’t been for Him and His gift of my children I would still be sleeping and kicking myself for not getting up in time to spend time with Him before the mayhem of the day.
I was reminded when I came back in from my boys’ room that this is what I do to God in a daily basis. I cry out for Him… and He never slumbers or sleeps but keeps me safe and secure. I’ve been given the boys as a daily reminder of who God is and how I am to be a godly example to them. My selfishness is not the example I want to give them. My dependency on the Lord in every circumstance is what I was to show them.
Because even in my tiredness – my help comes from the Lord, Maker of Heaven and earth! And He who keeps me never sleeps or slumbers!
I am forever grateful for my God!
Your Monday Moment
Where in your life are you feeling maxed out and weary?
Start your Monday by giving Him your worries, and allowing Him to help you!
Hopefilled Havice 
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