As I was thinking about a computer problem (Excel not working), I suddenly realized (thanks Holy Spirit) that I was feeling bad that I could not solve the problem alone. The Oliver B. Green program had been offering a book called Jesus Our Advocate. I thought how would you like to be your own lawyer before God in heaven's courtroom? How wonderful that Jesus is our advocate, our lawyer. Being a man, and not God, there are some things I cannot do. Then I remembered that God says that ". . . in the multitude of counselors there is safety." So, I should not feel bad to need another to help me solve a problem.
Also, when working, I was not among the highest qualified for the advancing to a GS 13. Though I had been feeling bad about it and thinking about challenging it, God says, "riches and honor come from me alone . . .".
How could we keep ourselves straight if we did not remind ourselves by reading the Bible daily, prayer, seeking fellowship, and going to church? This is how we learn about God and his ways. Even with all that we need his Holy Spirit. The world is such that if you do not keep growing pouring energy into it, it will dissipate to nothing. We must keep active to keep anything we value.
Thank God he streams energy into us.
