{"id":1251,"date":"2018-04-16T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:33:21","slug":"completed-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"Completed (Republished in the Moments)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made<\/em> complete [filled to the brim, fully accomplished, perfect], and He is the head over all rule and authority; Colossians 2:9-10<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m feeling undone. Life is too much with me right now. The pains and cares, seek to pull me under. Heart ache, people I love hurting, brokenness surrounds me. I feel detached from my Prince of Peace, my Life, my Glory, my Hope, my Source of Joy, the Lifter of my Head.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s close to midnight, but I decide to take a prayer walk. Prayer walks, prayer get a-ways, have always been a staple of mine in times like this; pulling away from all, alone with God.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t always remember to surrender my troubles to God. Far too often I forget that apart from Him I can do nothing.[1] I forge ahead in my own strength, aggressively striving to \u201cfix\u201d my life, leaving carnage all around. Trusting me and not God is never a good idea.<\/p>\n

As is my pattern, I take a left out of my driveway and head up the hill toward highway 6. I pry my grubby fingers off of each angst and deliver them one by one to my Father. I think of Peter\u2019s words when he tells us to cast our anxiety upon God because He cares for us.[2] Sometimes I can forget God is trustworthy. He has my best interest in mind. With my words, I release every care to my Good Father.\u00a0 Turning my palms upward, I peer into the cloudless, starry night.<\/p>\n

I cross the highway and enter a dead end road which completes my “walk out”. I hear a sound.\u00a0 Four deer, who were grazing in an open field, scamper away. God\u2019s creation all around. A small, wooded cul-de-sac boomerangs me back toward home.<\/p>\n

As much as it’s in my ability to do so, I\u2019ve surrendered all my burdens. As I cross the highway again, I begin to sense Peace. The problems seem overshadowed by the Lord’s nearness.<\/p>\n

I ponder the marvels of being God\u2019s son. Paul says I\u2019m complete in Christ. In Him, I\u2019m fully accomplished and rendered perfect in every conceivable way. I\u2019m filled to the brim with Christ, needing nothing.<\/p>\n

Filled to the brim with Christ.<\/p>\n

As I descend the hill toward home, I marvel at the ramifications of this truth. If He’s filled me, what else do I really need?\u00a0 Do I need people to respect me and honor me? Do I need earthly security? Do I need smooth circumstances? As I ask, I know the answer.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m filled to overflowing with Jesus, which I am, only one concern remains: loving others as He\u2019s loved me. All the pressure\u2019s off. Jesus lives in me. As I yield, as I abide, He loves through me. This is my only concern. “Me” is not mine to worry with anymore.<\/p>\n

Lord, what an amazing realization. Releasing my cares to You, I\u2019m suddenly aware of Your nearness and my completeness in You. Please help me not to take back those angsts I\u2019ve delivered to You. You complete me, nothing else is needed but to love. I worship You. I Praise Your Great Name.\u00a0 Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Challenge:<\/em> What do you need to surrender unto the Lord\u2019s care today? In what areas do you feel lacking? Christ completes what you lack. Whatever it is. Walk in your completeness in Christ. Experience the freedom of being filled to the Brim in Him.<\/p>\n

Take a prayer walk.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> John 15:5<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> I Peter 4:7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m feeling undone. Life is too much with me right now. The pains and cares, seek to pull me under. Heart ache, people I love hurting, brokenness surrounds me. I feel detached from my Prince of Peace, my Life, my Glory, my Hope, my Source of Joy, the Lifter of my Head.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s close to midnight, but I decide to take a prayer walk. Prayer walks, prayer get a-ways have always been a staple of mine in times like this; pulling away from all, alone with God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[583,601],"tags":[41,599,587,584,590,592,588,595,594,586,96,600,134,7,75,589,99,596,89,575,237,597,593,591,585,598],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nothing-else-needed","category-peace-that-passess-understanding","tag-abide","tag-angsts","tag-brokenness","tag-colossians-29-10","tag-deer","tag-fully-accomplished","tag-glory","tag-god-cares","tag-god-is-trustworthy","tag-heartache","tag-hope","tag-i-peter-47","tag-john-155","tag-joy","tag-life","tag-lifter-of-my-head","tag-love","tag-needing-nothing","tag-prayer","tag-prayer-walks","tag-prince-of-peace","tag-redered-perfect","tag-release-cares","tag-striving","tag-undone","tag-yield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6633,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/6633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}