I need to constantly be reminded of who God so that I can be placed back in my rightful position as His servant.
The world is constantly trying to build us up as humans. Trying to fool us into believing we have power. Power over our lives, the lives of others..fooling us into believing we even have power over the world. Trying to give us confidence in the flesh. The world is a school on how to be seflish. The world is full of deceptive traps which lull us into feeding the "Black Dog."
Are we idiots? How on earth can we survive here without constantly being reminded of the TRUTH. And I always wonder why it is so easy to fall away when I don't read or have quite time for a day or two. Do you ever wonder that? Why you can be totally turned on by God, and so quick to turn off? Why you can be standing on the highest mountain shouting praises to the Lord, and then slip away without really recognizing it. Then a day, or even hours later, you are wondering where you are and how you got there. DUH! Come on, are we seriously stupid?
We are on a constant treadmill in this world. It's so easy to go for the ride...just standing there with no effort, letting the farward motion pull you farther and deeper into a deceptive life. It is fleshly enjoyable. There is no opposition..no friction...you just enjoy the ride and let the constant track pull you in its constant deceptively dark direction. But then you decide to read your bible again and spend some QT with God...and you begin walking in the opposite direction the track is taking you. You find opposition of course..it isn't easy. It takes loads of effort on your part. But you are doing it by the grace of God...and he will pull you farther and farther along, as long as you continue to choose. But then one morning you wake up and as circumstance has it...no quiet time. You don't see it, but you are walking slower and slower, and by the midday your feet are planted back on that treadmill..and since it's in constant movement...there you go. You drift farther and farther away, being pulled by the movement of the world..until the moment you choose once more for God's grace...and that's when you wonder..why am I so far away..how did i get this deep?
Don't let the world fool you into thinking your at a stand still. There's no such thing! You are either being sucked into the filthy pattern of unrecognizable deception that is a living lie, or you are being pulled into the loving arms of truth and grace.. There is no compromise! Do not be fooled!!!!!!
CONSTANTLY REMIND YOURSELF OF JESUS. Set alarms on your phone. write a verse on your hand. wear a momento. post his name on stickies and put them EVERYWHERE! Do whatever it takes...because Satan's number one goal is to make you forget about your Savior! And he'll make it happen in the most subtle of ways. You won't know you're forgetting Him. Do not let your eyes see, your hands touch, your mouth taste, your ears hear, your nose smell..without thinking of Christ. Satan will use ALL your senses into putting the attention on something other than God. I know this sounds drastic, but i cannot help but write this! You are either serving the Lord or serving this world.
CONSTANTLY SURRENDER.Oh, the sweet freedom in surrender. In surrender we experience God. We find truth. We recieve and recognize grace. We understand how important God is, and how unimportant we are. In surrender, God gives us the insight to better evaluate our dispostion. And in all those things, leads us to thanksgiving and praises that you will never want to cease to Him. Surrender puts the focus back on the One it is always intended to be on. In surrender we EXPERIENCE TRUTH. In surrender, our hearts are softened in order to feel the holy nudge of Christ..."talk to her," "Give him this verse," "Call her," "Pray for this," "Read this..." God is constantly speaking to us. It is up to us whether or not we choose to surrender everything in order to hear voice and feel his movements.The number one rule to my life these days: SURRENDER. If i desire to experience my Holy God, I need to do this countless times a day.
sur-ren-der 1. to give up possession of; yield to another on compulsion 2.to give up or abandon- to give oneself up, esp. as a prisoner- n. the act of surrendering
Oh my goodness God, how easy and light you are. Thank you that you are a gentle God, you do not force us into things. "But by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us" (Eph. 3:20). Lord this world....it is such a reality I need to face. The fact that deception rules this world. I in no way believe this blog was for anyone but myself Lord. I feel that this is something you are pounding into my heart with a hammer. To be constantly reminded of You. I know if I get in the habbit of thinking and doing of YOU, then this world won't be able to take me over so easily. Any wordly influence that inhabits my heart that I am unaware of please rid me of it! It does not belong with me. Any worldly influence that I am exposing myself to often that is having an impact on my heart Lord reveal to me, in order that I can run far far away from it. Because my number one desire is to fufill your calling. Lord my desire is to hear your sweet voice, and feel your subtle and gentle movements within my hear. God any influence that is hindering me in hearing your voice please deliver me! Soften my heart God. Work within me in ways i cannot understand. Reveal to me what you must in order to break me so I can be more effective for You. Have your hands upon my heart. Protect your child. Show me your ways,guide me, and tell me your truth. Teach me my Savior. Here I am Lord. Completely Yours. I won't stop praising you until my eyes fall shut and i unconsciously fall to sleep. Even then- watch me, gaurd me..be with me all night until i open my eyes to you in the morning. You are my God. To you be the honor and glory and power forever and ever. You are unbelievable God. May your will be done in me and all the earth. Watch over my friends please, and keep them safe. I pray all this in your awesome, gracious and powerful name. Amen.
posted by GG @ 11:48 PM
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2 Comments:
GG I really like this! It is so crazy how much different it makes my day when I have quiet time. And it's strange to me that sometimes I forget that great impact is has on that day. When I do it I am pumped up and everything is awesome, but then I come to a day and I'm like hmm I guess I won't do it today and nothing is nearly as good. So why do we come to those days where we feel like it's not necessary to do quiet time? It's strange to me. If we know how good it is, we shouldn't even consider not doing it, but I still don't sometimes anyway. LAME.
For some reason what you wrote reminded me of what my pastor at home taught me about communion and what we should think about when taking it. Maybe it was because you were talking about all of the things that are important to do for God so that he can impact your life. I don't know, but this is what it made me think of and I hope I remember right. He said there are numerous things that are wonderful to pray about, but there are five main aspects that are good to focus on. The first is to consider that God has a great plan worked out for our salvation. That is represented by the lamb. The second is to think about the mercy of God in our lives. We recieve mercy through the blood of the lamb. The third thing is to pray for strength from God because we need both physical and spiritual noursihment. The fourth is to think about the connections to the community of faith. Ask yourself: Am I connecting with others in the faith with Jesus Christ? Are my relations based on Christ? And the fifth thing is future. What is God's direction for my life? Don't be held to the things that have happened in the past. Know that God has a plan for us. He has mercy on us, he is going to give us strength, he is going to give us peole to relate to. We just need to completely surrender all to God and he will pour so much into our hearts.
Out of all of these things that he brought up, future was the thing that stuck out. And normally I wouldn't think that it would, but I realized that I really needed to question God's direction for me in my life. I can't be held to the things that have happened in the past because then I am not able to fully experience what God has to offer. It's like I'm reliving the same experiences again and again if I attach them to my past. I instead need to guard my heart, but go into something as if I'm experiencing it for the first time because in reality I am. So as I head out into each day, I need to empty myself before God. If I don't, my heart will not be ready for all of the things that he wants to teach me. If I continue to hold to the things that happened before I will be blind to what God is trying to do in my life now. That is because if your heart is already storing things in it of your own desires and God tries to fill your heart with his desires, there will not be enough room because your heart will already be occupied by things of this world. Then God is trying to pour in, but all the wonderful things he wants to reveal sit on the outside of our hearts because we have blocked off the needed space by holding onto our own wants. But if I empty my heart he can fill it with even better things than I could have ever imagined putting in there and if allow him to use me however he wants, I won't have to worry about what happens because I know that because I have given myself to him, he is in control, and whatever happens is in his will. That helps me to deal with the things that come after that because I know that they are from God and not my own desires. And then if something goes wrong, but I know that I have emptied myself before God, I can be strong, because I know that he has something worked on in the end that will teach me something, or make me stronger.
I love God. And I love you. I'm so glad you posted this. And I know you felt like it was meant solely for you, but it really convicted my heart to just make sure I'm always living for Jesus. Every hour every minute every second. Every breath, every smile, every laugh. Reflecting Jesus in everything everyday.
Thank you GG.
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