When times get though what do you do? Who do you run to? Where do you go?
I know for me, many times I go straight for comfort whether that be in a friend, a family member, or my journal....but WHY?!?! Why don't I run to God? Rather I find myself trying to figure things out on my own or hardening my heart because I somehow talk myself into believing that whatever is going on is a personal attack on myself. I thought about this throughout this past week as I read through Exodus. God sent Moses and Aaron several times to warn Pharaoh of what plague(s) was/were to come and how to avoid them yet he chose not to. Most of these plagues ended with Pharaoh calling Moses and Aaron into his home and asking them to plead with God on his behalf swearing that this time he would do as God had commanded. Pharaoh never followed through with his promise(s) to change and on top of that he hardened his heart.
How many times do we have the answers right in front of us and choose not to use them or are commanded to do something and outwardly disobey then harden our hearts? I am challenging myself to take everything to the Lord first, to pray and fight against my habit of running to comfort rather than God, and to not harden my heart but to let it be open to the Lord.
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