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“Our Thoughts Vs. God’s Leading”
I have learned, that as humans, we don’t really know what we want some of the time. Oh, we have goals, desires, and aspirations, but often how to attain them becomes skewered in our thinking. We may pray for God to move this obstacle out of the way or transfer that particular issue over there, and when He does, we are just not happy or totally satisfied with the results. Sometimes things don’t look or feel like we thought they should.
That’s because as humans we have to realize our limitations. We are not all-knowing. We can barely get through one day with all our faculties intact, let alone for us to try to tell our own end from the beginning and what we think our tomorrow and future should look like.
We can pray about things that bother us and concern us but ultimately we have to be willing to let God lead. And, sometimes we even have to pray that He would help us to follow that leading. When He leads, we don’t always understand the outcome, but then again, if we did, it wouldn’t be the walk of faith, filled with trust in our God that we are called to walk.
Our thoughts can lead us into the land of wondering, but it is our daily prayer that our hearts will follow God in the pursuit of what He has in store for our lives. The Bible tells us, “The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile,” (Psalm 94:11, NKJV). Some other translations relate that word “futile” found in the NKJV as “worthless” (NLT), “vanity” (KJV), and “meaningless” (HCSB) just to name a few.
In other words, our thoughts about a situation compared to God’s cannot be matched. Did not the Bible tell us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts,” (Isaiah 55:8-9)? What He knows about a circumstance far surpasses anything our intellectual capabilities can begin to even imagine. With that being said, our thoughts take a back seat to His sovereign leading.
As hard as it may be to let go of the wheel and allow God to steer, it is something we must do if we are to drive in the right direction and course for our best and most successful life in Him. We have to end the constant back and forth tug of war for control of our lives and submit to the One who is in control of our lives.
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“The LORD is near…”
“Snuggle in God’s arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. Let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love.”
– Kay Arthur
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“Greater Is He!”
Greater is He that is in me!
The life inside that I cannot see.
Only feel with the passion and the burn
Love from the cross that flows unearned.
Glowing embers His spirit unfolds.
Power inside of stories untold!
Ripping away all the fear and frights;
Layering on His love’s holy light.
The life inside has been swept and cleaned
By the Master who defeats enemies unseen.
Foes tremble, their strength can’t compare,
‘Cause greater is He now resides there.
“Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world,” 1 John 4:4
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“Our True Image”
In a world where selfies, mainstream personal videos, and profiles dominate it’s easy to surmise that image to most means a great deal. One’s style and the exterior of self is put on display for the world to like, or not.
But, the true degree of our image goes much deeper. It’s so easy to look at the clothes, the hair, and the poses and think that’s the sum of a person. When God crafted us individually and designed us like Him, He saw so much more. He had a greater vision in mind.
I fear that we have watered down His intention for our purposeful design of a deeper and more spiritually revealing self that personifies His glory before the world and we have settled for the cheaper, mass-produced, mass approved public version.
I believe when God spoke in the beginning that we were made in His image (see Genesis 1:27), He spoke of more than just our facial features, our physique, our height, weight, and so on. He spoke of our representation of something the boundaries of those outer measurements can’t comprehend. He spoke of our likeness of Him. At that point of creation, when it came time for humanity to be put on the earth, God looked to Himself to snap a portrait of who we are truly designed to be.
Now, do I mean that you are supposed to be God sitting on the throne in heaven? No. But, what I do mean is we are carriers of so much more. The portrait of our lives is made to expose and reflect His glory of the greater. The selfies we have grown accustomed to can’t compare to the true nature we were designed to resemble.
So my question is, why settle for less when your life and mine were made to shine beyond the flash of a lens? Can we not view our importance and value through the eyes of God instead of view clicks, like buttons, and reactions? Who or what do we really want our lives to model?
Selfies and having fun with cameras aren’t bad. I take them myself from time to time. They just don’t hold the sum of who we really are. We can make pretty faces, pose, and dress – but, we will never find true happiness and satisfaction in life exchanging our true image for the cheaper version this world has to offer.
Therefore, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven,” Matthew 5:16. Show the world your selfie that’s established in Him.
Verses to ponder:
Colossians 3:10 “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”
Ephesians 4:24 “And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Romans 13:14 “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
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“Lord, I Believe!” | Words To Live By
God wants more than dreamers, He wants believers! People who believe He can heal. Individuals who know His power alone can save. Persons who will raise their hands and testify the Lord can raise up any dead situation or circumstance. Those who know that nothing is too hard for Him for He can open eyes, unstop ears, and change souls for eternity. Lives whose hope is only in Him, and they readily declare this day, “Lord, I believe!”
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“It’s Saturday!”
The day before Sunday is like no other. It’s the day that comes at the end of the workweek and comes before the day of worship. There are so many possibilities with this day. Sleep in or go out? Veg out in front the TV or seek adventure? Clean or do you say forget it, “I clean every day and today I’m taking a break!” How will you spend your time?
Time. That’s a four little word with great impact. Time is something we can never get back. Time is something that will keep moving forward whether you are ready to go with it or not. Time is precious. Time is valuable. How one spends their time can either add to their life or take away from it.
Time. Extra time is not promised. We can’t buy more time. Rather, we must lay hold of with an iron grip the time that has been allotted to us and make the best use of it for our lives, our families, and our ministries.
Time. What will you do with it? We deserve rest because we worked hard. Take the time. We deserve adventure, something that will heighten our senses because we have stayed the course of the mundane all week. Take the time. Clean? . . . well, we’ll just leave that one alone for now.
Time. As crazy as it seems to us, it goes by in a flash when you don’t want it to and it drags when you wish it would speed up. That’s why every moment counts. Every opportunity should be seized. Every second savored.
Time. We don’t have as much of it as we would like, and yet God blessed us with the amount we need. How we choose to use it is up to us.
What will you do with your time today? There is no right or wrong answer. If you worked hard and want to sit in front of the tv because your brain needs a few hours vacation, then do so. If your body has been stuck in the office all week and you feel a need to stretch and exercise to get it moving, then do so. If you chose to let the house go one day so that you can have time for yourself, then do so. It’s Saturday! It’s your time! Make the most of it for you!
Keep in mind, once this Saturday goes by, it will not come again. Oh, yes, there will be other Saturdays, but not this Saturday. There will be other chances and opportunities, but not like today. Today is for you – it’s your Saturday, what will you do?
Ephesians 5:16 encourages us to redeem the time. Grab hold of today and make the most of it! It’s only here today. So, what will you do with today?
Whatever you do, make today count! It’s Saturday, enjoy “you” on this day!
God bless you and enjoy your Saturday 🙂
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“Father God, It is You I lift my soul up to…”
God is the only constant in our lives. He never changes. He is the stable force behind all that we are and believe. He is the only one able to bear every burden we bring to Him and carry us through the turmoil of it all. I lift my soul up to God, and in Him do we put our trust
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“It Only Takes a Moment” – Word For Life Says
Have you ever had one of those moments when you realize God is teaching you something significant? Where every current scene that plays out in your life you spiritually awaken to the idea of God’s guiding presence in a new way; His hand steering you this way and that?
I have had some of those revelation moments lately. God is cracking old perceptions I once held of myself and He is pulling me into new areas of trust. In this area where I am being drawn, I readily admit I don’t know what I am doing. My human frailty comes to the forefront but God is showing me Him. He is showing me more of His heart, more of His care, and more of His heavenly abilities to work it all out.
Oh, His ability to do it all has always been there, but there were certain areas of my life where there were still scales on my eyes, shielding me from seeing the bigger picture; from seeing God fully at work in it all.
I was awakened on the inside and became more aware that there is so much more to me than me. God has me on His radar and He is orchestrating my life in a unique and special way. No, I don’t have all the answers, nor do I know what tomorrow looks like or how this will all end up, but by faith, I want Him to take the lead while I just step out and follow.
It requires not only a moment of revelation but a life of trust. It’s purposely declaring every day and with every step, “I don’t know it all, but I choose to follow the One who does.” It’s a time when we let that one moment of believing God is the fullness of His promises defines the makeup of our future. It’s when we permit the wonder of all that He is to overshadow any doubt or discrepancies that we might feel within ourselves, realizing what He has made us for and ordained us to do never depended on us in the first place.
Is there an area of your life where God wants to give you that ah-ha moment of revelation? Or, are there still scales blocking your full vision of Him?
Father God, remove the scales from our eyes that we might see the full vision of You. We are praying against every hindrance that tries to blind Your people and obstruct their view from the wonderful works You want to do through them. Amen!
I pray for your moment of connection with God. I pray that you would trust in God more, and focus on Him more than whatever you think you can’t do. It only takes a moment of sincere trust and total abandon to Him to change your course in history forever.
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” Jeremiah 17:7
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“Don’t Touch That!”
“. . . Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,” Philippians 3:13, KJV
When God created babies He created some of the most fascinating little creatures. They keep us entranced as we watch them toddle about. We are amused when they let go of the coffee table to take those first “Frankenstein” like steps. When you do the airplane to go them to eat, their little giggle and the banging on the highchair melts your heart. When they don’t feel well and the bottom lip begins to pout we race to bring them comfort. Or, when they sleep at night you can almost see an angelic glow of innocence radiating about them.
Yes, sir. They are quite fascinating, especially when it comes to dealing with their propensity for touching everything. This is the part that gets the parents hearts racing. We find ourselves continually saying, what seems to be fifty million times, “Don’t Touch That!”
Our hearts become frantic because often the thing they want to touch is very harmful to them. “Don’t touch that stove!” We know it’s hot and that they could get burned. “Don’t touch the cat the wrong way!” We know they could get scratched. “Don’t touch the plug!” They could get shocked. And, my favorite comes when we find them chewing on something that we didn’t give them and we yell, “What did you touch now!”
We do all that we can as parents to protect our children to see them grow up to be happy, healthy and successful. It’s a lot of our guidance through life that will see that they get there. But, it usually starts early on with a good, healthy dose of, “Don’t Touch That!”
Do you ever feel that God sometimes wants to yell down at us, “Don’t touch that?” I do. Especially when it comes to dealing with our past hurt, pains and regrets.
Our lives can go on peachy-keen and fine as rainbows when all of a sudden something triggers a twinge of regret. Then, we begin to ponder that regret until we are reliving the painful past. We let the guilt resurface when the Bible says, “He will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sin into the depths of the sea, “ (Micah 7:19, KJV). Yet, we sometimes try to resuscitate it and bringing it back to life.
God said, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins,” (Isaiah 43:25, KJV). God puts them in a place where He doesn’t remember them; where He doesn’t acknowledge them anymore. But, when we feel that little niggle of doubt we start rehashing the past, touching it and not leaving it alone.
Go figure?
The apostle Paul knew a thing or two about past regrets. (After all, he did seek to imprison and kill those who claimed Christ until Jesus knocked him off his beast). He also knew that it was behind him now. He doesn’t live back there anymore and to continually go back to it would stunt his future growth.
With a resolve to teach others this important truth he penned the words, “Forgetting those things which are behind.”
It’s time to leave it alone. Stop touching it! Put it down and don’t pick it up again! Stop pondering it! Stop reliving it! It’s in the past!
Now is the time to start, “reaching forth unto those things which are before.” It’s time to start looking forward to where God is taking you, not where you have been! Who doesn’t want something better to look forward to?
Babies are still learning not to touch everything they see. I think it’s time to take our cue from them. Things in the past are harmful to us if we continually fiddle with it. Leave it alone and stop touching it!
Make it a great day today. Start looking ahead instead of behind and see where God can take you!
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