¿Estás Preocupado por Algo?

Así que, no os afanéis por el día de mañana, porque el día de mañana traerá su afán. Basta a cada día su propio mal.”

-Mateo 6:34 RVR 1960

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Parece casi imposible que no se preocupe de nada. Hay tanto que consume nuestras mentes sobre una base diaria e incluso cada hora. Peor aún, toda esta preocupación puede afectarnos en un nivel más profundo: nos impacta emocionalmente, espiritualmente, psicológicamente, socialmente y físicamente. Esto nos hace pobres mayordomos de lo que Dios nos ha dado. ¿Cómo podemos pedir más, si no cuidamos de lo que tenemos? Si no podemos confiar en Dios en poco, sin duda tendremos un tiempo más difícil confiando en Dios con mucho. Sin embargo, la idea de estar fuera de control (cuando se trata de la mayor parte de las cosas que suceden a nuestro alrededor) puede ser increíblemente desalentador e incluso frustrante para nosotros simples humanos. Sin embargo, Dios no tenía la intención de que seia de esa manera para sus hijos. 1 Pedro 5:7 RVR 1960 dice: echando toda vuestra ansiedad sobre él, porque él tiene cuidado de vosotros. No tenemos que preocuparse de nada. La canción, Gorriones escrito por Jason Gray nos recuerda: “Si es capaz de sostener el mundo que Él puede sostener este momento … el gorrión sabe que Él  sostene mañana” Mateo 10:29-30 RVR 1960 dice: “¿No se venden dos pajarillos por un cuarto? Con todo, ni uno de ellos cae a tierra sin vuestro Padre. Pues aun vuestros cabellos están todos contados.”  

 Piense en la letra de la canción, gorriones por Jason Gray:

“No se puede añadir

un solo día, por ansioso que

usted tendrá que preocuparse hasta echar su vida

Oh, no se preocupe hasta echar su

Usted no puede cambiar una sola cosa por flipando

apenas va cerca que en

Oh no deje que el problema gana

puede sentirse solo,

pero no está en su propia

si es capaz de sostener el mundo que  

Él puede sostener este momento

no es un campo o flor escapa de su notificación

Oh aun el gorrión

sabe que tiene mañana

apoyarse y es difícil no ver

todo puede cambiar

cuando lo hace Suyo

Oh quiere llevarlo

tranquilamente bajo el cuidado de Dios

Cuando lo dejas ir

encontrará que Él es suficiente

Oh nunca salir de su amor

no camina solo …

no hay una sola estrella que está fuera de lugar

no hay nada roto no puede rehacer

Si andas buscando esperanza cuando tienes miedo mira

Oh, ante la gorrión

mirada en el gorrión

Si es capaz de sostener el mundo que

 Él puede sostener este momento

No es un campo o una flor se escapa de su notificación

Oh aun el gorrión

sabe que  Él sostiene mañana…”

Estimado Señor Jesucristo, por favor ayudenos a poner toda nuestra confianza en Ti, sabiendo que lo que sucede es para nuestro bien, de acuerdo con Su propósito y planes. Amén. 

 

Publicado en Inglés el 2 de diciembre, 2016

Song Reflections: Sunrise by Nichole Nordeman

 

Sunrise

I love this song, because I can relate to the songwriter. Sometimes, we look back on our past and think: What if I would have taken a different road? What if I would have chosen to take the easier path? I like the line that says, “I would walk away with my yesterdays.” The truth is we wouldn’t be able to truly comprehend or appreciate the beautiful moments in our lives, if we hadn’t been through challenging and tragic parts of our lives. We wouldn’t be able to experience the glory of God in it’s fullest, if we had not known the loneliness and pain of the darkest and longest of nights. God is our “sunrise!” We wouldn’t know morning, if we hadn’t experienced midnight. Yet, sometimes we try to take different roads… easier roads, because maybe we are lacking courage or faith. Or, maybe we try to takes these easier paths, because we are lazy or just don’t believe in ourselves and God’s predestined potential for us. “How often we turn to level ground and try to avoid the hills. Yet it’s the hard path that strengthens us. Through our difficult times, God draws near and takes us by our arm. He becomes our guide and companion – and strength.”(Nortker, 3-Minute Devotionals For Women, p.134) But, we need to be willing to walk the most challenging path… the steep, windy path with thorn bushes and gravely sand. It is on this path, that God strengthens us. It is here, that He allows us to build the resistance and stamina to accomplish everything, which He has planned for our futures. In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, choose to obey God in faith and to take the path that seemed that it would lead to eminent death in the fiery furnaces of King Nebuchadnezzar. This was a very dark moment for them, but God used these three young men’s obedience and faith to reveal Himself and His glory to not only them, but also the Babylonians. Like Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego; we also are permitted to go through fire. God not only spares us, but comes to walk with us in the fire like He did with Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego. The fire not only brings us closer to God, but it also purifies us and refines us like gold. Isaiah 48:10 says, “See, I have tested you, but not as silver. I have tested you in the fire of suffering.” But, we must be willing to take the path God has for us, even if it is the most difficult path. 1 Peter 5:10-11 says, “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.” -1Peter 5:10-11

If you haven’t heard the song, you might want to check it out.

Here the lyrics to the song:

“If I had the chance to go back again
Take a different road, bear a lighter load
Tell an easy story
I would walk away with my yesterdays
And I would not trade what is broken
For beauty onlyEvery valley, every bitter chill
Made me ready to climb back
Up the hill and find thatYou are sunrise
You are blue skies
How would I know the morning
If I knew not midnight?You’re my horizon
You’re the light of a new dawn
So thank you, thank you
That after the long night, you are sunriseThere’s a moment when faith caves in
There’s a time when every soul is certain
God is goneBut every shadow is evidence of sun
And every tomorrow holds out hope for us
For every one of usYou are sunrise
You are blue skies
How would I know the morning
If I knew not midnight?You alone will shine
You alone can resurrect
This heart of mine

You are sunrise
You are blue skies
How would I know the morning
If I knew not midnight?

You are sunrise”