Today’s devotional is written by Sarah Beth Cody, daughter of Gerald & Britt Cody of Clarkesville. I know you will enjoy her wisdom and insight. Sarah Beth currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia where she works for Porter Novelli.
Somewhere between the filters and the likes and the favorites and the shares it got lost. Eyes and heart glazed over like a Christmas ham, I had succumbed to the “should.”
Should.
The most calculating little auxiliary verb there is. Because, when added into the equation, it can quickly dismiss where we are and what God is doing in us and through us and with us in that moment.
“You’re 19? So you should probably be in college at this point, I guess?”
“You’re 25? You should probably have a ring on that finger by now.”
“38 and you’re still not exactly sure what career path you want to take? You should probably figure that out…”
I dare say what the world tells us should be is often Satan’s way of distracting us from what God says already has been and is and forever will be.
He tells us that if we will pray to Him and thank Him for all He has done, we will experience God’s peace. That we are His and He is ours. That His love can and will cover all things.
He does not ask why we haven’t gotten that promotion we should have gotten six months ago. He simply asks us to talk to Him.
He does not give us measurements or numbers on a scale that tell us we shouldn’t have had that cupcake three days ago. He gives us a joy that surpasses every fleeting moment of happiness this world has to offer.
And I know that in the middle of the messiness and the tears and the confusion that come with the lies of inadequacy, it can be hard to keep those truths at the forefront of our minds. But thinking less of ourselves because we aren’t where we should be brings no glory to God. Acknowledging His hand in where we are does.
So just be. Be present where you are. With Jesus. Knowing that if you are doing life with Him, you will always be right where you should. His grace goes before us; He is already where we’re trying to run.
