I’ve been really trying to focus on where I am in my walk with Christ. There are things I used to do that I’m not cool with doing anymore, there are things I used to take, that I am not willing to take anymore; there are places I used to go that I cannot go anymore. Not because I can’t but because I won’t!
There has to be a time of accountability and acceptance in our lives that will catapult us into our new destinies. For me, I have to continue to be consistent in my walk daily. I don’t do everything right, but in those instances I pray for forgiveness, understanding and knowledge so that I won’t make that mistake again. There is a shifting going on in our lives to where now the choice is ours, whether to follow Christ or stay stagnant in the world. The Holy Spirit will not force Himself on you; you have to be an open receptacle to allow Him to enter.
I pray now more than I’ve ever done before; but the difference is I pray for His will to be done in my life and for me to accept it.
I told a dear friend that one day things were so heavy on me that I needed to scream…she said jokingly, “Girl don’t do it!” But y’all know what? The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to scream. So guess what, for the first time in my life, I laid prostrate to God on my living room floor and began to wail and scream. I told God, “I don’t know what to pray for, how to pray for it, but I need You to do it! I’ve done all I can do, I’ve been obedient when I heard Your voice, so now what?” I began listening to worship music and the next thing I know the words came, the tears came, and the relief came, the weight lifted; all because of the sound that came forth from my mouth. I didn’t recognize it and since then have not been able to duplicate it. So the alarm has been sounded, all hell has broken loose, but guess what? I was prepared this time. I didn’t run away, I’m not going to run away, but I am moving out of the way so God can do what He needs to do.
I remembered Pastor Reginald McCants words to me a few months back, “Vee you don’t need to fight, just stand there and let God fight for you!” Those words continue to resonate with me daily…STAND STILL AND LET GOD FIGHT FOR YOU! Now? I sleep well; I study more, and actively participate in straightening up my life all the more; I’m excited about the Word, I seek out understanding and educating myself on the impact it makes on me today. So, if you want to see and feel God move, I dare you to lie before Him and just cry out to Him with all your might. It doesn’t have to be loud, just make the sound (Apostle Keith Moore). There’s a sound for war and a sound to move out…The Israelites heard them both and knew what to do. What sound are you listening for???
JOEL 2:15-17- Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber. Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” (Read the entire chapter at your leisure)
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