Today’s Devotional Written By A Young Woman of reflection and Introspection:
Tracy Koweh
Look Harder…………….
Proverbs 2: 1-7 New Living Transalation
1 My child,[a] listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.2 Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. 3 Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. 4 Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. 5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
The past few months I’ve been having a huge struggle with my daughter. At first I chalked it up to the “terrible two’s” and then she took it to a whole new level. I just couldn’t get it. She is not a bad child, but a very hyper and curious one. Her new thing has been going in the fridge and taking out any and everything she can get her hands on. I found myself at a breaking point. I had tried everything I knew to do. I beat her, I talked to her, I prayed over her, I sent her to stay with friends for a few hours, I tried time out…..I tried everything and she still continues to do her own thing.
Well, some time last week God used a scene from one of my all time favorite movies, Disney’s The Lion King, to give me some better insight into the situation. He showed me the scene where Simba is looking at a reflection in the water because the baboon Rafrika has told him he’d be able to see his deceased father. At first Simba tells Rafeeka that he is crazy and that it’s nothing more than his own reflection. Then Rafeeka tells Simba to look harder. To look deeper inside and he’d find him. Of course after a few more seconds he sees the image of his Father and hears his voice.
God showed me that I have been like Jaida to him. Not in all areas but that there is that one thing I won’t let go of. I won’t give up and completely turn over to Him. Told me He has tried everything. He has “beat me”, “forgave me”, “interceded for me”, put me in time out, talked to me and that my options were running out. He showed me that the same way I get frustrated and upset with Jai is the way He feels towards me at times. Said that when I look at her, I should see me in her. I should see how my disobedience is trickling down to her. The same way my praying and praise does, so does my willful disobedience and stubbornness.
Today as we look at ourselves, let us “look harder” and determine to see the Father in ourselves. Let us live a life where our kids can follow us, as we follow Christ. The next time we are frustrated and disappointed with those around us, let us first make sure that we are not frustrated with the truth it may be revealing about ourselves.
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