Doing what is hard

This week was a rough one because I had to let an employee who was also a friend go. Things had been building for a while and it was obvious from his work that his hart was not in it and that he was unhappy. There were a number of things that came up and I spoke to him a number of times about what was going on but things did not get any better.

It came to a head on Tuesday Night and we had a loud conversation and it was not good for the office to hear and I reflected on it that night and the next day I woke and took the matter to God and asked him for guidance. He took me to Oswald Chambers and this is what the devotional for the day was,

What Do You Want The Lord to Do for You?
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Feb292012

Is there something in your life that not only disturbs you, but makes you a disturbance to others? If so, it is always something you cannot handle yourself. “Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more . . .” (Luke 18:39). Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord Himself. Don’t deify common sense. To sit calmly by, instead of creating a disturbance, serves only to deify our common sense. When Jesus asks what we want Him to do for us about the incredible problem that is confronting us, remember that He doesn’t work in commonsense ways, but only in supernatural ways.
Look at how we limit the Lord by only remembering what we have allowed Him to do for us in the past. We say, “I always failed there, and I always will.” Consequently, we don’t ask for what we want. Instead, we think, “It is ridiculous to ask God to do this.” If it is an impossibility, it is the very thing for which we have to ask. If it is not an impossible thing, it is not a real disturbance. And God will do what is absolutely impossible.
This man received his sight. But the most impossible thing for you is to be so closely identified with the Lord that there is literally nothing of your old life remaining. God will do it if you will ask Him. But you have to come to the point of believing Him to be almighty. We find faith by not only believing what Jesus says, but, even more, by trusting Jesus Himself. If we only look at what He says, we will never believe. Once we see Jesus, the impossible things He does in our lives become as natural as breathing. The agony we suffer is only the result of the deliberate shallowness of our own heart. We won’t believe; we won’t let go by severing the line that secures the boat to the shore— we prefer to worry.

This was so on target.... Thank you God.

He is real and he does care all you have to do is ask.

God Bles

Peter