Insta Diaries #2

If you follow me on Instagram - you'll know that I sometimes post mini-blogs in my captions. It's usually whatever I'm feeling in that moment that is bursting to be shared. They aren't always grammatically correct or theologically researched but they're 100% how I feel in that moment. 

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As I’ve been praying through what God spoke to me last weekend I’ve realized that it’s not necessarily new - I’ve known what was said - but I ignored Him because it was too hard.

And then He called me out. And you can’t ignore a call out.

Today God reminded me that I’ve been acting a bit like Ron Weasley in Harry Potter - specifically when Harry and Ron encounter the Devil’s Snare in The Sorcerer’s Stone. See Devil’s Snare is a plant that strangles or constricts objects that it comes into contact with. When someone struggles or resists - the Devil’s Snare holds tighter. But when people have the wherewithal to stop and relax - that’s when the Devil’s Snare lets go. Moreover, Devil’s Snare reacts adversely to light.

I’ve been spending so much time struggling and fighting that I haven’t been able to be free. I’ve been frantic, trying to do things alone. And all God simply wants is for me to rest in Him. To give Him my life and be still. To let Him take control.

Maybe that’s your struggle too? Let’s not resist God. Let’s let His light shine on our darkness and set us free anything that’s ensnaring us.