Smugness in Sudan

Sunday, July 15, 2007

The past few days have been so sweet with the Lord, that I prayed last night that God help me not to grow smug, or soften in calling on Him because I am feeling things are going well.

This morning He told me to open to Psalms. The page I opened to contained the highlighted verses of Psalm 91:9-11: “Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.” This was a sweet reminder of the dream, being in the shelter of the most high with the angels who have charge over me.

Remaining focused on my Lord was difficult today. God answered my prayer regarding smugness. I have nothing to be smug about today. It has been one of those emotional battles that is spiritual in nature. Call out to God…Call out to God…Call out to God. This has been my day. And that is good reason to praise Him, though it has been uncomfortable.

We are about to leave to pick up Gary and Peter from the airport. I am staying behind to make pasta salad for the crew, which takes about 2 hours here (boiling water to wash the dishes you will cook with, and then cooling the water or using bottled water to wash the vegetables without cooking them).

Pray for me. Connection to God no matter how I feel.


Thanks,
Todd