The “Situation” (Thirty Days To Greater Fruitfulness, Day 24)

This blog has been temporarily overtaken by my Thirty Days To Greater Fruitfulness Challenge.  You can find out more by checking out the Introduction.

So today a situation came up.  I’m going to apologize up front for my vagueness, but several passages in Scripture prevent me from being more specific.  The short, internet appropriate version of the story is that this situation that came up kept me upset most of the day.  The result was that I was unable most of the day to focus on what the Lord was speaking.  This in itself is a lesson for me.  I need to guard my heart.  I need to make sure I don’t let issues of the day distract me from what Jesus is wanting to do.

Here’s another thing I think I’ve learned from this distracted, unproductive day: Jesus is perfectly capable of dealing with situations that arise.  This situation that came up today is somewhat related to an earlier situation that came up this month and I blogged about it here.  Really that post was about two different situations.  One has completely fallen off the radar with no work from me required.  The other, the one related to today, I knew probably needed to be addressed but I didn’t know how.  And now, here it is again.  I’m not discouraged by that.  In fact, I’m somewhat encouraged that Jesus knew how to bring the right factors together so we could deal with this situation a different way.  I still haven’t heard exactly how to deal with it but it obviously is not of His radar.  We’ll see what He has to say tomorrow.

How have you experienced Jesus leading you throughout this experiment?  Has it changed how you handle situations that need your attention? Let us know in the comment section.

Join us on the “Thirty Days to Greater Fruitfulness” experiment.  For the rest of September we are spending 30 minutes in silent prayer listening to Jesus and then acting on what He asks us to do.  Then we blog about the changes that are occurring in our lives through the marriage of listening and obedience.  It’s not too late.  If you’re just checking out that experiment feel free to jump in.  And if you want more information, you can check it out here.

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