Who Belongs In Your Life?

In every desert of calamity there is an oasis of comfort.   Read: Psalm 23:4 May you experience His COMFORT today! Who Belongs In Your Life?   Where you go I will go. (Ruth 1:16) Ruth told Naomi, "Where you go I will go." You can spend your life anywhere with anybody doing anything, then suddenly meet someone and sense that there is a connection between you.   It's what made Elisha quit farming and follow Elijah, an eccentric prophet; it's why Timothy hung out with Paul, an old man soon to be executed. You know intuitively, "I won't reach my destiny without you in my life." Looking back you realize if you hadn't met that certain person, or taken that phone call, or read that email, you wouldn't be where you are today. On the other hand, "Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye" (Ruth 1:14). Now Orpah's leaving didn't make her a bad person; it just meant her part in the story was over. Recognize when somebody's part in your story is over, otherwise you'll just keep trying to raise the dead.   David pleaded with God for his newborn baby's life. "He fasted... spent the nights lying on the ground... and... would not eat" (2 Samuel 12:16-17). But when the child died he had to accept that there was nothing more he could do, so he "got up... washed... changed his clothes... and he ate" (2 Samuel 12:20). Acknowledge when something is over. If God means you to have it, He'll give it to you. If you've tried to make it work and it hasn't, accept His will in the matter. Get up, go for a walk, buy yourself a new outfit, treat yourself to a good meal; start living again! Never beg anyone to stay with you against their will. Their leaving is no accident; it just means God has something better in store for you (and possibly them too), so trust Him and move on!   Have a Spirit-led day!