Eyes on Him!

So Sunday has come and gone and I was reminded of a great truth this past Sunday.  I had a rough week last week and I had allowed myself to wallow in my circumstances.  To rely on myself to try and get through it.  But no matter how hard I tried to stay positive, no matter how many times I tried to tell myself I needed to love and have grace, I kept slipping into the woe is me trap.  I would re-play conversations and words that were spoken.  I would allow the feelings of hurt to keep me down.  I could not get out of the pit.  Sunday morning was no different.  I was down, I was depressed.  I needed God but I could not get my eyes off of myself.  Until I began to sing praises to Him.  Until I began to praise His name and worship Him in song.  Then I began to have a change in my heart.  I took my eyes of myself and put them on Him.  That made all the difference.  Why did I not do that at first, why did I not do that right away?  But O the sweetness of having God come close and speak to me in those moments of surrender and praise!
Psalm 121 says,  "I look to the mountains, does my help come from them?  My help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth!"
When I had my eyes on the mountain, I had no peace.  But when I got my eyes on God, I was able to praise Him; my heart changed, by his grace!  All of the troubles I had washed away, He filled me with a song, a song of praise; hallelujah!!

Its Sunday and I am in church.  It is good to be here this morning, even though in my spirit I am having a hard time.  This is the place to be when life seems like it is spinning out of control. This is the place to be when you feel like you are in a pit and have no one to help you out. Why, becasue of hope!  There is a hope in this place that you do not find anywhere else on the planet.  It is a hope that comes not from the songs we sing or the sermons we hear and preach but from a God who loves us and wants a relationship with us.  This is the one thing that is keeping me going this morning, this is the one thing that is enableing me to get behind a pulpit and preach.  It is the message that I have hope in Christ Jesus and no matter what I am going through, no matter how dark it seems, He is with me all the way!

Have a wonderful Sunday and remember you have a hope!  His name is Jesus.