over thinking

I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

- Ephesians 3:16-19

 

Most of us have a tendency to overthink things, to obsess about things we need to do, decisions we need to make.

We need to stop over thinking.

Did you know that we are covered by Jesus no matter what we are going through?

I am reminded of a story from wildfires where the firefighters searching for surviving animals found a bird at the base of a tree.  Investigating further, they found that momma bird had brought each of her babies to the ground and covered them with her wings to try and protect them from the fire that ravaged the forest.  The babies lived, but momma had sacrificed her life for theirs.

I believe that momma bird was thinking in the moment how to best protect her children, she didn’t over think or try to see the future, she may or may not have known that she would die, but she did know she would protect her children. 

God protects us much in this same way, He sent His Son to die for us.

Let go of the plans that you are making, take a break from the busy-ness of your day, stop thinking about the decisions that are weighing you down and focus on God.

He loves us so much.

We as humans cannot begin to fathom how wide and long and high and deep His love is.

It is a good thing He had it all written down for us.

 

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