I was thinking this morning about all I have gone through in my life. God didn't break me, until it was His time. When I was first born, it is like I was a jar, in the process of growing up, that jar got cracked and warn out, all my thoughts, my thinking was about me. I went through many years of my life thinking that it was all about me and God couldn't know what was best for me, because I knew what was best for me. He couldn't tell me what to do, because I wanted to do it my way, because my way was always right. People would tell me I was doing it wrong, or walking the wrong path, but I was stubborn, I still wanted to do it my way. The more people told me, the more I turned my back, because I thought I was right and how could they know what was best for me. No one knew me better than I knew myself. The Bible has a verse about this in Romans 8:27 "And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God." God knows me better than I know myself. That jar that I was, by the time I reached adulthood, had so many cracks so many holes in it, that it could not hold anything. The word of God is like water, but I couldn't hold it because I was cracked, chipped away.
At that point in my life, all my choices, all my thoughts came crashing down around me. I thought I knew best, but God said He knows my inner thoughts, my needs. He took the jar that I was and smashed me into pieces. God wasn't done yet with me, in fact that was just the beginning, because He wanted to remake me, He wanted to purify me in order to remake me His own. I was in pieces, but that He began to grind those pieces saying, Geoff let Me work in you. Still my stubborn nature, I tried to fight and resist what He was doing in my life. Each piece of clay jar that I was needed to be ground to dust. It was the hardest time in my life as He worked the way I once thought out of me, when He taught me the choices I once made, I needed to make based on Him and not what I thought. This breaking process was not easy, I fought to hold onto things, I tried to tell God that I knew better than Him and I fought to keep area's in my life that I thought were OK, but God said they were not. In my brokenness I had to surrender and that was the hardest thing to do. I had to say Lord, it can't be about me, but has to be about You. I had to stop fighting Him, because He knows me better and it is in His timing that I broke.
Through the devastation of my life, through the ruin. He took the dust that I became and added water. The water was revelation, it was understanding about choice and how choices impact me every moment of the day. The water was so much more, but it was His living water and in the water, He started to reshape me, to make me who He desired me to be. Still it isn't easy, because my old will creeps in and raises its ugly head. I have to continue to say Lord I give it to You, I give You my life, because You know better than me. It is called complete surrender and when I am able to surrender to Him, to die to myself, to my wants and all and to replace them with His, He starts to reform me into a something else. He is still making me, He is not done with me yet, He is changing me from glory to glory. I by far am not perfect, but God is the Lord of my life and I continue to surrender to Him. I fail, but in my failures I learn and I grow. I want to do life His way, to do it how He has designed it to be done and in doing so, what I once was to what I am not has like night and day, but it was through His glory and faithfulness that I am who I am today.
Through the writing of this blog, you have seen what God is doing in my life. Thank you for reading and taking the time to see what God is saying to me.
If you experience the breaking process, although it hurts, what God is doing is incredible. He is making you more like Him every day. What I have learned, I continue to share, but God has placed people in my life for a reason, His plans are far greater than my plans, His timing is perfect. Who am I to think otherwise? He knows, I need to place all my trust in Him, not the world, not people, but in God, the creator of the universe, my Heavenly Father. He knows all, He designed all, His way is for the best and He has a plan. Do you trust Him? You can, He knows!!!
Friday, December 2, 2016
Hearers and doers
Can you imagine walking in the bathroom, sitting there looking into the mirror, you see yourself, you see every line, crease, scar, dimple, you see your nose, you see your eyes, you notice they are brown like mine, you see you have brown eye lashes and eye lids. When you walk away from the mirror you think to yourself now what color eyes do I have, what color is my hair? Can you imagine doing that? You walk in the bathroom and restudy your face every time, but as soon as you stop looking you forget. That would be very frustrating, to continue to forget what I look like
In James 1:22-25, he talks about that very thing. it says in verse 22-24 "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. " He is making the comparison, how often do we hear a great teaching, but since we are so busy thinking about our problems or our struggles we miss the very word that was given to us. Or we read the Bible, but we aren't reading it to learn, but reading it like a chore, like something we have to do to be a Christian. But God calls us to something deeper with Him, He calls us to hear Him and follow His teaching, not just to hear the word of God, but to do it. In James 1:25 he says "But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do." James is bringing it all in a full circle, he is saying this is what you are not to do, because and now this is what you are to do. James is clear that this honors God. We are suppose to not just be hearers, hearing is good, but doing what we have heard is what God wants us to do, He wants us to learn from Him, not learn from the world. Satan is teaching us things every day, who are we listening to the Satan or to God?
James warns us about our tongues how we need to desire above any other to want to honor God. When we desire to honor self more than God, we are not hearing what God has said in His word. God talks about how we need to be lovers of God and not lovers of self, Timothy wrote about this in 2 Timothy 3:1-9 "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be
Isn't it time to take a hard look at ourselves to see what area's that God is calling us to change. Are we more worried about what others think about us then God? God created us, we need to fear Him, to reverence Him, we need to want to Honor Him above all else, if we are more worried about self than about God, what does that say about our walk with Him? In our marriages, if we are not following what God says to do, because it is to hard, or we just do not feel like it, we are grieving the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 4:30-31 "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice." or in 1 Thessalonians 5:19 "Do not quench the Spirit;". Isn't it time to get down on our knees and pray, beg forgiveness and turn from our wicked ways? Isn't it time for a change? We must be willing to allow God to change us and take the steps necessary to change, if we are idle we are not wanting change, we are wanting only what we want and that is selfishness and selfishness is a sin.
In James 1:22-25, he talks about that very thing. it says in verse 22-24 "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. " He is making the comparison, how often do we hear a great teaching, but since we are so busy thinking about our problems or our struggles we miss the very word that was given to us. Or we read the Bible, but we aren't reading it to learn, but reading it like a chore, like something we have to do to be a Christian. But God calls us to something deeper with Him, He calls us to hear Him and follow His teaching, not just to hear the word of God, but to do it. In James 1:25 he says "But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do." James is bringing it all in a full circle, he is saying this is what you are not to do, because and now this is what you are to do. James is clear that this honors God. We are suppose to not just be hearers, hearing is good, but doing what we have heard is what God wants us to do, He wants us to learn from Him, not learn from the world. Satan is teaching us things every day, who are we listening to the Satan or to God?
James warns us about our tongues how we need to desire above any other to want to honor God. When we desire to honor self more than God, we are not hearing what God has said in His word. God talks about how we need to be lovers of God and not lovers of self, Timothy wrote about this in 2 Timothy 3:1-9 "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be
- lovers of themselves, = Selfish, self centered, all they care about is themselves
- lovers of money, = They care more about making money then about God
- boastful, = Excessive self pride, of achievements even struggles, all about self.
- proud,= feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements
- abusive, = extremely offensive and insulting. name calling, belittling, disrespectful
- disobedient to their parents, = with no honor, no respect, doesn't listen, does own thing
- ungrateful, = not feeling or showing gratitude.
- unholy = sinful; wicked, not caring about sinning, no remorse
- without love, = having no feelings of love, no action or passion, cold, icy, caring only about self
- unforgiving = not willing to forgive or excuse people's faults or wrongdoings.
- slanderous = false and malicious, abusive, insulting
- without self-control = inability to manage your actions, feelings and emotions
- brutal = savagely violent, cruel, vicious, ferocious
- not lovers of the good = doesn't care what is right to do, does what feels good
- treacherous = guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
- rash = displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action.
- conceited = excessively proud of oneself; vain
- lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God = cares more about pleasure than pleasing God
- having a form of godliness but denying its power = Going to church, but not hearing the word, not doing it.
Isn't it time to take a hard look at ourselves to see what area's that God is calling us to change. Are we more worried about what others think about us then God? God created us, we need to fear Him, to reverence Him, we need to want to Honor Him above all else, if we are more worried about self than about God, what does that say about our walk with Him? In our marriages, if we are not following what God says to do, because it is to hard, or we just do not feel like it, we are grieving the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 4:30-31 "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice." or in 1 Thessalonians 5:19 "Do not quench the Spirit;". Isn't it time to get down on our knees and pray, beg forgiveness and turn from our wicked ways? Isn't it time for a change? We must be willing to allow God to change us and take the steps necessary to change, if we are idle we are not wanting change, we are wanting only what we want and that is selfishness and selfishness is a sin.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Tree Parasites
Have you ever chopped down a tree? I have, sometimes the tree is solid all the way through and that is a sturdy tree, but the ones you have to watch out for are the trees that are hollow in the center, that means they are structurally weak, they could fall differently than you had planned when cutting them down. The tree rotted from the inside out, how does it do that? That tree got soft from all the wear and tear of life, bugs and worms ate at its flesh the bark that protected it. Wood peckers came along on devoured bugs, but in doing so, tapped holes in the tree allowing for insects to get in. Then the rain came and the storms came and the tree got soft with the wetness. Soon the outside of the tree was still looking tough, but the holes had made way for parasites, animals, birds to get inside and eat the middle of the tree away. The tree looks good on the outside, but is broken on the inside
We again are much like that tree, when we let the world peck at us, destroy us and wear holes in us, we allow the parasites to eat at us. Soon we are rotting on the inside, because we look at the outside, we compare it to the world, we compare it to what the world says and we start dislike who we are. We begin to rot, maybe the outside looks a little tattered, but our insides are a mess, our heart is full of anger, dislike, hatred, selfishness, all of which God has told us how to walk away from, but unlike the tree, we can make a choice. The tree can't just say I want to change, but God has given us the freedom to make the change and He has said He will help us, but we must be willing to change, we must do what He calls us to do.
Have you ever seen a child say I want to do this or that? If we do it for the child, the child will never learn how to do it for themselves, God is doing that for us. He has provided a path for us to walk, but He says now walk in that path. If He did it for us, we would never learn how to walk, we would not learn the hard lessons and we would not learn. God wants us to learn, but it isn't by Him climbing the mountain for us, but us climbing the mountain with Him along side us. We must be willing to say, I am willing Lord to be taught, but we must do the steps necessary.
An alcoholic doesn't get sober and clean by saying I want to be clean, he must do the steps necessary to get clean. Look at the 12 steps, it is a battle, but talk to anyone that is recovering from it, they had to make a choice to do it and it took great work, but now that they are clean they don't want to go back. They put work into it, they did it and look they are changed, just the same as we can be changed when we finally say, NOT my will Lord, but Yours. Give up control to God, surrender, but keep doing what God has instructed us to do in His word, do the steps, put Him first, love Him the most, follow Him and be willing to follow what the Bible says, because that is the Word Of God.
Are you willing to start climbing? Are you willing to do the work? If so, then there is no time like the present to start, for tomorrow is not guaranteed, but you have today.
We again are much like that tree, when we let the world peck at us, destroy us and wear holes in us, we allow the parasites to eat at us. Soon we are rotting on the inside, because we look at the outside, we compare it to the world, we compare it to what the world says and we start dislike who we are. We begin to rot, maybe the outside looks a little tattered, but our insides are a mess, our heart is full of anger, dislike, hatred, selfishness, all of which God has told us how to walk away from, but unlike the tree, we can make a choice. The tree can't just say I want to change, but God has given us the freedom to make the change and He has said He will help us, but we must be willing to change, we must do what He calls us to do.
Have you ever seen a child say I want to do this or that? If we do it for the child, the child will never learn how to do it for themselves, God is doing that for us. He has provided a path for us to walk, but He says now walk in that path. If He did it for us, we would never learn how to walk, we would not learn the hard lessons and we would not learn. God wants us to learn, but it isn't by Him climbing the mountain for us, but us climbing the mountain with Him along side us. We must be willing to say, I am willing Lord to be taught, but we must do the steps necessary.
An alcoholic doesn't get sober and clean by saying I want to be clean, he must do the steps necessary to get clean. Look at the 12 steps, it is a battle, but talk to anyone that is recovering from it, they had to make a choice to do it and it took great work, but now that they are clean they don't want to go back. They put work into it, they did it and look they are changed, just the same as we can be changed when we finally say, NOT my will Lord, but Yours. Give up control to God, surrender, but keep doing what God has instructed us to do in His word, do the steps, put Him first, love Him the most, follow Him and be willing to follow what the Bible says, because that is the Word Of God.
Are you willing to start climbing? Are you willing to do the work? If so, then there is no time like the present to start, for tomorrow is not guaranteed, but you have today.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Trees
I am back thinking about a tree, the roots, the leaves where it is planted is just what it is. It is a tree, you can tell it is a tree by all of that, there are no arguments that it is just that a tree. It can not change what it is, because that is what it was designed to be. The tree can bring us shade on sunny days, but it can also bring us shelter from hard rains. It provides so many resources to us when it is living, but it is only a tree.
We however are not just a tree, we are people, we are human beings designed by the creator of the universe. God designed us, He made us. He provides trees for us, so that we can have oxygen to breath, even shade or even food. God did that for us, have you ever thought about how we would not be here without God, but yet we take Him for granted, we take His name in vain, we are quick to blame Him for the worst and then praise Him only when we feel like it. We show Him reverence on Sunday mornings at Church, but what about the rest of the time through the week, are we showing Him the respect, the fear that He deserves? Do we think this is just the way I am? My question is, if you say that, are you a tree or a complex being created for so much more than just to be. God created us to worship Him, to honor Him, to share His name with the world, not to only do it on Sunday's. He has created helpful instructions to live by in the Bible, are we living by them?
Proverbs 1:7 says "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." That is just the beginning, just think if I continue to reverance Him as the great creator of all things, do you think that I will continue to learn, to change to grow? Matthew 22:37 "Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'" Jesus calls us to put Him first in all things, not just when it feels right, but all times, these two verses go hand in hand, because when we fear the Lord, we will want to honor Him, to follow His instructions. But when we don't care about how God views things all we want is to please ourselves, to do only the things that we want to do, but we do not care about what God says.
Are we trees that can't change or are we Christ followers that need to change to deepen our walk not just on Sundays, but every moment of everyday? Yes, it takes work, but everything that is worth doing takes work. If you want something to last you build it right, you take time, you ensure it will last, our Christian walk is no different than that. Just like in marriages, if we want it to last, we need to put the work into every part of the house.
Isn't it time to say I am not a tree, but I am created to praise God, just as the trees do by reaching their branches towards heaven. We need to reach our hands towards heaven, to turn from our wicked ways, and to confess our sins, because it is time to be a people of putting God first in all things. He needs to be at the center of our lives, to fear how He sees our actions, because He sees and knows our hearts. What is He seeing in your heart today? Is He pleased? Do you care how He feels? Ephesians 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." Are you grieving the Holy Spirit? Be who God is calling you to be, do the work, it is worth it, He will change you, but first you have to take the steps to want to be changed.
We however are not just a tree, we are people, we are human beings designed by the creator of the universe. God designed us, He made us. He provides trees for us, so that we can have oxygen to breath, even shade or even food. God did that for us, have you ever thought about how we would not be here without God, but yet we take Him for granted, we take His name in vain, we are quick to blame Him for the worst and then praise Him only when we feel like it. We show Him reverence on Sunday mornings at Church, but what about the rest of the time through the week, are we showing Him the respect, the fear that He deserves? Do we think this is just the way I am? My question is, if you say that, are you a tree or a complex being created for so much more than just to be. God created us to worship Him, to honor Him, to share His name with the world, not to only do it on Sunday's. He has created helpful instructions to live by in the Bible, are we living by them?
Proverbs 1:7 says "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." That is just the beginning, just think if I continue to reverance Him as the great creator of all things, do you think that I will continue to learn, to change to grow? Matthew 22:37 "Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'" Jesus calls us to put Him first in all things, not just when it feels right, but all times, these two verses go hand in hand, because when we fear the Lord, we will want to honor Him, to follow His instructions. But when we don't care about how God views things all we want is to please ourselves, to do only the things that we want to do, but we do not care about what God says.
Are we trees that can't change or are we Christ followers that need to change to deepen our walk not just on Sundays, but every moment of everyday? Yes, it takes work, but everything that is worth doing takes work. If you want something to last you build it right, you take time, you ensure it will last, our Christian walk is no different than that. Just like in marriages, if we want it to last, we need to put the work into every part of the house.
Isn't it time to say I am not a tree, but I am created to praise God, just as the trees do by reaching their branches towards heaven. We need to reach our hands towards heaven, to turn from our wicked ways, and to confess our sins, because it is time to be a people of putting God first in all things. He needs to be at the center of our lives, to fear how He sees our actions, because He sees and knows our hearts. What is He seeing in your heart today? Is He pleased? Do you care how He feels? Ephesians 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." Are you grieving the Holy Spirit? Be who God is calling you to be, do the work, it is worth it, He will change you, but first you have to take the steps to want to be changed.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Marriage Vows
I write this blog, I speak to people about their daily walk and I share mine as well. I put myself out there, but if I am not living up to the standards I set for others, then I am just a clanging symbol and I will not be heard. Just the same as this, I am calling myself out on my failings to live up to the very thing I vowed to God to do. I need to be more worried about honoring God then myself and in honoring God I will honor others. Taking a vow is not just words, it is so much more and when I fail to honor my vows, I have failed to honor God. I am not pointing fingers, because their would be 3 more pointing back at me.
When people get married they take marriage vows, in a Christian ceremony, they take those vows before God. Those vows have a lot of things in them. Do you know the vows that you took before God on your wedding day?
Mine went something like this:
I, Geoff, take you Heidi to be my wife, my constant friend, my faithful partner and my one true love from this day forward. In the presence of God and our family, I vow to trust you and respect you, loving you faithfully through the good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles that we may face together. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you as long as we both shall live, knowing that apart from The Holy Spirit’s leading none of the above mentioned is possible.
When people get married they take marriage vows, in a Christian ceremony, they take those vows before God. Those vows have a lot of things in them. Do you know the vows that you took before God on your wedding day?
Mine went something like this:
I, Geoff, take you Heidi to be my wife, my constant friend, my faithful partner and my one true love from this day forward. In the presence of God and our family, I vow to trust you and respect you, loving you faithfully through the good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles that we may face together. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you as long as we both shall live, knowing that apart from The Holy Spirit’s leading none of the above mentioned is possible.
Have you ever really thought about each part:
- Constant Friend, what is a constant friend, it is one that sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 17:17 says "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity." And Proverbs 27:9 says "Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice."
- Faithful partner, one that is faithful no matter what may come, putting my spouses needs before my own, I think that Luke 6:31 "Do to others as you would have them do to you." Not putting any person before my spouse. That follows with what it says in Ephesians 5:21-33. And we also see it in Ephesians 4:2-3 "2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." and Ephesians 4:32 "32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
- My one true love, that means there is no other human love that is more important than your spouses. One true love, that I will love how God calls me to love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
- It then says from the day you say that forward, there is no end to that commitment, because that is a commitment that you hold above all others.
- Then it says in the presence of God and our family, not my family and your family, it becomes our family at the moment of these statements.
- To trust
- respect
- loving you faithfully
- And for all of this no matter what we me face, in the good, bad, hard, easy, I will do this because I want to, I yearn to honor God above myself. That is what it comes down too, when we do not do these things, we are putting our-self first before God.
- I promise to love unconditionally, that is a huge one, because unconditional love is very difficult, but it is to be strived for each day, because that is what God calls us to.
- To support you in your goals
- To laugh with you and to cry with you
- To cherish you. Cherish means to: protect and care for (someone) lovingly, to encourage, to support, to put the other persons needs before your own.
These are high calling and not easy to do, but it takes work. Are you following them? Are you honoring God or are you honoring yourself?
And before the Vow that we take, we say I will to several statements, do you remember what your statements were? Mine were:
And before the Vow that we take, we say I will to several statements, do you remember what your statements were? Mine were:
- Geoff, do you take Heidi, whom you hold by the right and to be your wife; to live happily together according to the will of God?
- Geoff – I do
- Will you love her, comfort her, support her, honor her and be loyal to her in all circumstances of life?
- Geoff- I will
All of these things were said before God, God the maker of the universe, the one that has defined all things, the one that has made all things and if I take what I have said lightly, who am I honoring? What does God call me to? To honor, to respect and to love no matter what. If I am not doing what I have vowed, I am walking in SIN, that is sin against God and sin against my wife, that is wrong and I need to confess my sins and turn from them and walk the way God calls me to walk. That is the higher calling, it is putting to death the old nature and being born to what God wants.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
The Choice
We were driving back from Virginia yesterday, it was such a beautiful drive. Along the way, there were cows throughout the ride. The cows were grazing in the fields, not trying to escape, just eating the grass. It came up in conversation do you ever wonder if a cow thinks of being something different or complains about the weather. When you think a cow is just a cow, it has a purpose and that is all it does. A tree, can't be anything other than a tree until it dies. Same with so many other things. Plants can only be plants, but once it dies, it becomes something else.
We are so much like those things, we can't be anything else until we are willing to die (not literally), but until we are willing to stop fighting God. He has a plan for our lives, but if we just think this is all I am going to be, that is all we will be. If we say we can't do something and never try to do it, we will only be what we are. God says we can do anything, but we have to put all our faith and love into Him. That means in order to do something, we have to first intentionally do it, we must make the effort to say Lord your will be done. If we are not willing to say Lord it is not my will anymore, but Yours, than nothing will change.
Do you feel that you can't do something, but God is calling you to do it? Maybe it is time to stop fighting God and start surrendering our will for His will. If God says it can be done, who are we to fight with God? To climb a mountain, we can look at the mountain and say it is to big and give up or we can say it is huge, but know what I am going to try and then I have to start working at it, but the mountain will not climb itself.
If you are experiencing the thought that it can't happen or I will never do what God wants because I can't, maybe it is time to die to what I want and live for what Jesus Christ wants in me. Isn't it time for a change? It comes down to choices, am I willing to say not my will but Your will be done? God says it so I believe it and that settles it for me.
What sets us apart from non Christians? What makes us different? Are we different than the world or are we just the same, but we go to Church on Sunday? I say if we are going to call ourselves Christians it is time to live according to what Jesus Christ calls us to, not my will, but Your will Jesus.
We are so much like those things, we can't be anything else until we are willing to die (not literally), but until we are willing to stop fighting God. He has a plan for our lives, but if we just think this is all I am going to be, that is all we will be. If we say we can't do something and never try to do it, we will only be what we are. God says we can do anything, but we have to put all our faith and love into Him. That means in order to do something, we have to first intentionally do it, we must make the effort to say Lord your will be done. If we are not willing to say Lord it is not my will anymore, but Yours, than nothing will change.
Do you feel that you can't do something, but God is calling you to do it? Maybe it is time to stop fighting God and start surrendering our will for His will. If God says it can be done, who are we to fight with God? To climb a mountain, we can look at the mountain and say it is to big and give up or we can say it is huge, but know what I am going to try and then I have to start working at it, but the mountain will not climb itself.
If you are experiencing the thought that it can't happen or I will never do what God wants because I can't, maybe it is time to die to what I want and live for what Jesus Christ wants in me. Isn't it time for a change? It comes down to choices, am I willing to say not my will but Your will be done? God says it so I believe it and that settles it for me.
What sets us apart from non Christians? What makes us different? Are we different than the world or are we just the same, but we go to Church on Sunday? I say if we are going to call ourselves Christians it is time to live according to what Jesus Christ calls us to, not my will, but Your will Jesus.
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