Running

I went running today. For anyone who knows me, you know that it is usually a battle within my own mind to actually just get out there and do it. Once I get going it isn't too bad until I hit this one incline on my road that makes me wish I had never had this brilliant idea to run today. So I was listening to my iPod as usual, feeling fine, and then I hit that hill. I got to that moment where my legs start burning and I am working overtime to breathe. Well today my shoe also came untied and the wind started whipping against me. I was just wishing that I was done- at the end of this run and not having to think about it anymore. That is when I heard Him....Jesus that is. Tenderly He said, "One step at a time, sweetheart." Rather than focusing on where I eventually wanted to get, in these hard moments, I needed to take it one step at a time and no more. With that in my mind, I decided to try just focusing on my next step- not desperately searching for my driveway to come into view. When I did, I saw that the reality of running those steps wasn't nearly as difficult as the build up in my mind. I could do it. I could continue to run even when it was hard, if I just took it step by step. Of course, Jesus wasn't really speaking to me about my run. He was speaking to me about this journey I am on with Him. Right now I find myself in another one of those periods of waiting that threatens to derail my emotional handle on things. I am refusing to let Satan convince me that my God is not faithful or doesn't care about answering me. I have seen His faithfulness and tender care so many times already this year. So when I just want everything figured out....no more questions, worries, uncertainty, I hear Him again- "One step at a time, sweetheart." As much as I sometimes don't see it or even fail to admit it, He does know best and for whatever reason I am having to wait. I can praise Him that He has never left me in the wait! He is my joy, and so I am choosing one step at a time.

 

Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God..."