Can we live Sold Out

Is it possible to live sold out to the Lord outside of trial and trouble?

Let me confess, I'm not sure I can.

Our family has had quite a year, our country has had quite a year, our world has had quite a year...

As I've looked at the chaos readily viewable at any time of the day, it draws me right back into worry and sometimes fear so once again I lay it at the feet of my Savior and rest in Him.  A vicious cycle of trust, fear, confession and back to resting in Him.

But I see that over and over I pray the most, talk to the Lord the most when I'm in trouble or worried. When I'm in crisis or can't do it on my own...

I caught myself not long ago so completely content in just a peaceful night at home, wondering if the Lord can be glorified when I'm content,  or if it's when I'm dissatisfied and in the middle of trial and turn to Him?

I just thought I'd throw it out to you, is it possible to be Sold Out in the middle of being content? Should we ever be content?

revealed

This morning I made my way into my living room to enjoy the gorgeous sunshine coming through my windows!  As I walked it was interesting to notice all the things the sun revealed.

I swept and dusted last night and went to bed feeling good about the state of my house.  But the sunshine revealed things I never saw in the dark...a web.

I was extremely surprised it was hanging in my clean living room, but there it was - the sparkling thin silver strands of a spider's web.  I walked by it repeatedly last night and never knew it was there, but that didn't mean it wasn't.

With all the doom and gloom we hear reported daily -  it's easy to think our life is pretty clean and good in comparison to the evil we see played out in front of us.  It's not.

Hidden sin lurks in all of us.  Is it jealousy, bitterness, mistrust, pornography?  It is just as ugly as public sin.  And it is waiting to be revealed.

Revelation can occur several ways - willingly confessed or eventually, revealed accidentally-when you don't get your story straight and people begin to question your integrity or in an attitude that becomes defensive.  A sure sign of hidden sin.

It made me search my heart.  I've been struggling with some people in my life recently, privately harboring disappointment that I feel leading me toward resentment.  I confessed that today,  and I'll continue to look inward trying desperately to discover and confess what's there instead of becoming bitter and unusable.

I pray today that there are no hidden webs within you. They hurt no one but you until they begin to seep into your everyday - confess them and run into the arms of the only one who has the ability to truly make you spotless while taking you as you are!