Perfect Peace

Ever been something you’ve been praying for nonstop and you are like God I am tired of praying these prayers and not seeing results!

God, Am I praying bad prayers?

You called me to be in community with other Christ followers, but I am praying for it and not feeling surrounded!

I’m praying for this anxiety to go away and now it has taken over my whole body. My heart begins to race, my hands begin to shake, my legs begin to tremble!

I feel like my past is out to destroy me, but I know you are victorious!

Now I’m wondering if all these questions are of me not trusting you or a lack of faith!

Let’s be honest these are questions that I’ve asked fairly recently, but it was one Thursday night at my church in our young adults ministry where it changed the way I saw God and changed how I pursued God!

It was a night of worship and the spirit was heavy the speaker Tyler came up in different moments giving us things to process and sit on during worship.

This last moment he came up and started talking about anger, anxiety, un-forgiveness, and other things that us as young adults may have been holding on to...

The last portion he had everyone to close their eyes...

Honestly if there is something you are holding onto I would highly recommend finding a quiet spot and do the same as we did this night!

Tyler said, “close your eyes, imagine you are in a field and everything you are holding onto is it’s own individual box you are carrying. Across the field you see Jesus standing there waiting for you! You get to Him and he says cast your cares on Him, leave the boxes at His feet and ask Him for what you need!”

This was such a powerful moment for me because I had a lot of boxes I was carrying, anger, resentment, uncertainty, betrayal, anxiety, and fear. I had so many boxes that I was carrying and there had been no wheel barrel in sight.

I needed peace, joy, happiness, comfort, a sense of protection, I needed a hug from my father, and being able to visually see Jesus, dropping my boxes at His feet and asking Him for what I needed not only brought peace and comfort, but it reminded me, and I want to remind you that we have FULL access to God.

Ask Him for what you need and He will supply your needs!