"The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed."
(Isaiah 50:4-5, 7)
From this scripture I think about my relationship with God, both how He treats me and how I respond to Him. When immersed in ourselves, it can be difficult to see outside of ourselves, which should be obvious but it still happens all the time. When I am stuck in myself I lose sight of goals, ideas, and motivation, among other things, and this can cause arrogance or pity for oneself. It can cause us to feel like we can only trust our own strength. Yet, the strength of the Lord is much greater than our own, and we can rely on God for help so long as we are willing to go outside of ourselves. And sometimes that can be a hard thing! It can be hard to let the smallest crack in our heart be shown to anyone!
However, in my own struggles I have seen the benefit in trusting in the gifts and help of the Lord, and know that when the world falls apart, we can trust in the Lord to remain. I still need to work on this myself, but I do know that I can fully put my trust in the Lord.
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