In this room I became myself. That’s what I think when I remember little Ania. The one who had huge dreams, reaching far beyond the borders of small Jeziorany. Today, after many years, my family home is a breath of fresh air from these dreams. For me, this small town is like a return to the times when nothing worried me but tomorrow’s homework. A return to the feeling of not having to carry my life, because my parents carried it for me.
In this room I became myself, in Him. Here my brother shared with me the good news about Jesus. Here I believed that only in Him is my salvation. Here I was growing in faith. And I dreamed anew with Him. This room is therefore also a return to the first delight of the Meetings. A reminder of true lightness – in Christ. And of the indestructible Home, which is the Kingdom. Available now. With God the Father close to me.
But even then my problems were real. It was impossible to explain to a ten-year-old that a test at school was nothing important. Because nothing important in the context of life was a very important thing back then. The same with every subsequent matter in every subsequent year. Up until today. Will what worries me so much now be remembered at all in a year? And can the awareness of the relativity of problems from time bring even a little relief? Not to me. Because now it is more real than what is to come. Instead, He brings me true relief. The Unchanging One. The Unchangingly Good. The One who is constantly present. He repeats not to worry, because He knows. (1)
I am sitting on the couch, in the room where I have been sitting for almost 39 years. Once often, now less so. I look at the roofs covered in snow. Sharp lines of shadows created by the strong sun. And I am grateful. That I know God. I could for the circumstances, because they are also good. Or the little things. They help your heart to pay more attention and be present. However, placing gratitude solely in the circumstances is fragile. Because what if they change? There has to be some anchor that cannot be moved by this evil that is constantly happening near and far. Mine is Jesus.
The last year in Mozambique showed me how stressful life there is for me. I didn’t notice it before. This unpredictability and everyday lack were a kind of adventure. Until children appeared in our little world. Now, the excitement is often replaced by fear for them. Similar events, but so different reactions. This year I have listed several times what worries me. I discovered that most of these problems would be solved by money, so often overlooked and ignored. I feel stupid that I realized it so late. It happened in the context of a great need and the uncertainty associated with it. But what does God say about it? He wants to bless us, also financially. So that we have for ourselves, so that we can give. (2) God does not disregard money.
I paid for this last year with my health. My body could not handle chronic stress. It broke down. It is already working. This last year has made me realize that I need to look at Him more often and not spy on circumstances. Consciously take care of life in the Presence, which is a habit. (3) And also – do not whine. (4) Think practically. (5) And He is the working One. (6)
I once read: “I’m too blessed to be stressed.” I think Andrew Wommack said it. May it be so for me and for everyone who places their hope in Jesus as Lord and Savior. An easy life in blessing. A possible easy life in Him. Which does not mean that it is without problems. Which does not exclude tribulations. (7) All the more so!
But also about gratitude. Knowing how to have little. Yes. Knowing how to abound. Yes. (8) Always believing Him. Oh yes. (9) And not being grateful because of little. Not because of much. But because He is present in little and in much.
That is why today I encourage you to be grateful. Not only because we can drink coffee in a warm house, healthy and without major worries. But that we can be with Him. Because whether with coffee or without – He is close to those who call on Him. (10)
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BIBLE VERSES:
1/ ““Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.”
Matthew 6:31-32 NKJV
2/ “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”
II Corinthians 9:7-8 NKJV
3/ “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33 NKJV
4/ “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 6:34 NKJV
5/ “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?”
Luke 14:28-30 NKJV
6/ “A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.”
Proverbs 16:9 NKJV
7/ “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.””
John 16:33 NKJV
8/ “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:11-13 NKJV
9/ “In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape; Incline Your ear to me, and save me. Be my strong refuge, To which I may resort continually; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.”
Psalms 71:1-3 NKJV
10/ “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.”
Psalms 145:18 NKJV