PRAYING FOR GOD'S WILL IN YOUR LIFE, AND BEING TRANSFORMED AND RENEWED.

9/10/2019

DO YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THE STRUGGLE OF TRYING TO DETERMINE GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE ? I KNOW THAT AT TIMES I DO. I FIND MYSELF LOOKING AHEAD AT ALL THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND I TEND TO GET WAY AHEAD OF MYSELF. I GET WOUND UP ABOUT A MINISTRY, OR A CAUSE THAT SEEMS SO IMPORTANT TO PUSH INTO. I START THINKING OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS I COULD ACCOMPLISH DOING THIS OR THAT. I CALL OUT TO GOD AND SAY, “ IS THIS FOR ME LORD ? I THINK I SHOULD DO THIS LORD ! ISN’T THIS A GOOD THING, AND DON’T YOU WANT ME TO MOVE FORWARD ?” AND SOMETIMES IT GETS REALLY HARD TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE…..FORTUNATELY FOR US, GOD IS VERY PATIENT :) FOR EACH OF US, GOD HAS ESTABLISHED A PATH FOR US FROM THE MOMENT WE WERE CREATED. THE QUESTION IS WILL WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIND IT ? THE ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED FOR SURE IS THAT WHEN I BUST AHEAD ON MY OWN AND DON’T TAKE EVERY DECISION IN MY LIFE TO GOD, THINGS USUALLY TURN OUT DIFFERENTLY THAN I EXPECTED. EVEN THINGS THAT SEEM SO RIGHTEOUS AND GREAT ON THE SURFACE JUST DON’T SEEM TO BEAR FRUIT WITHOUT GOD’S HEART BEING IN THEM.

FOR I KNOW THE PLANS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, DECLARES THE LORD, “PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE.”. Jeremiah 29:11

YOU NEED TO PERSEVERE SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD YOU WILL RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED. Hebrews 10:36

WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE WAY TO KNOW GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE IS TO SEEK FIRST A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND THE WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IS THROUGH TALKING TO HIM. BE COMMITTED TO A CONSTANT DIALOGUE IN PRAYER THAT LETS YOU SHOW YOUR TRUE HEART AND DESIRE TO HIM, THAT HE WILL KNOW YOU INTIMATELY. JESUS IS OUR DIRECT MEDIATOR TO GOD THE FATHER, AND A TRULY INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP IN PRAYER WITH JESUS ALLOWS HIM TO INTERCEDE IN ALL OUR NEEDS AND DESIRES. IT ALSO LETS US APPROACH THE FATHER IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. HE IS OUR POWERFUL AND HOLY GOD AND WE WORSHIP HIM IN AWE ON OUR HANDS AND KNEES, FACE TO THE GROUND. HE IS ALSO OUR LOVING FATHER WHO WANTS US TO SIT WITH HIM AND TALK, CHILD TO FATHER. HE IS A MYSTERY, AND YET HE REACHES OUT HIS ARMS TO HOLD US AND COMFORT US. OUR LIVES AND DREAMS ARE IN HIS HANDS, AND HE IS READY TO HEAR US AND BRING US DIRECTION AND TRUTH….WE JUST HAVE TO SEEK, ASK, AND TRUST HIM….NOT THE WORLD AND ALL IT’S MANY VOICES.

DO NOT CONFORM ANY LONGER TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD’S WILL IS. HIS GOOD, PLEASING, AND PERFECT WILL. Romans 12:2

THE TRUTH IS THAT GOD’S WILL FOR YOU IS JUST THAT. HIS WILL. THE SCRIPTURE ABOVE TRULY SHOWS US THAT WE MUST BE IN CONSTANT RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH HIM, SO WE MAY BE TRANSFORMED AND RENEWED INTO HIS PERFECT WILL FOR US. WE NEED TO MOVE OUT OF WHAT THE WORLD TELLS US TO DO, AND LISTEN FOR GOD’S VOICE TO TELL US OUR PATH AND OUR LIFE ACCORDING TO HIM. SO, IS IT TIME TO START MAKING AN EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM ? YES ! PRAY DEEPLY, AND HONESTLY, AND ASK HIM FOR HIS DIRECTION AND WILL. SURRENDER TO HIS PATH FOR YOU…AND IT WILL BE GOOD, AND PLEASING, AND PERFECT. THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT A LIFE WITH JESUS IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE….JUST WAITING TO HEAR YOUR VOICE…..AND ONCE YOU ASK HIM IN, YOU ARE HIS FOREVER :) PRAISE GOD FOR HIS LOVE AND MERCY/JA