Words

My LORD is good with words. Not only is He good at communicating, He is the master. The ways in which He speaks to my heart are amazingly unique to me. But the ways that He can speak to you, are so directed towards you and not anyone else. I love that.

I have such peace in knowing that the one true God is capable of such great things. Things far greater than I know at this time in my journey. I pray as I grow in grace, I come to realize these "great" things, as not me just knowing he is capable, but experiencing it in my own life. I want to experience his greatness more than I already have. The good news, he wants to share it with me, and you too.

I started reading 'Victorious Christian Living' by Alan Redpath, today. Thanks to my dad and his supply of books, I didn't have to go out and buy it. I know that this is going to be a blessing to read. In the first chapter he says this, "My dear readers, at the very outset of your consideration of this book, I ask you to consider carefully your own spiritual experience. Are you in the wilderness of defeat, or in the land of victory? Is your life a constant struggle against the powers of darkness, with constant defeat, or is it a victorious war waged in the power of a Risen Lord?" Am I willing to go there? My first response is "Yes, I want to go there!" I want to live that victorious Christian life, where there is no denying that Christ lives in me. Where there is no denying that He is a great God.


Right now, I feel like the rich young ruler in Mark 10: 17-22. I am ready and willing to step out and say "Yes, I want to go there!", but am I willing to count the cost? Are you willing to count the cost? I was talking with a very dear friend on mine on the phone earlier today, and we were talking about wanting all of these results in our lives. For example, wanting to be healthy and fit, wanting to be a prayer warrior, wanting to be successful at this or that, wanting, wanting, wanting.... And we came to the conclusion, that yes, we do indeed want all these things, but we really don't want to go through the process of getting there. We just want to be there already. God designed life in such a way whether in the spiritual or physical, that you don't just "arrive". It requires discipline, it requires giving up of your time, it requires a whole lot of "dying". *Sigh* But dying is no fun....no it's not that great, but living, truly living as God planned, is so much better. It is so much better than living that old dead life because it is freedom, and that is were we experience God's power. Taste and see that the LORD is good. Just a taste and we will know that that life, that resurrected life, is the one we are meant to live.

Thank you Jesus, for being so good with words.

Be Still

"Be still and know that I am God"

Some devotional books that I've been reading (again), really jumped out and grasped my heart this morning. Just wanted to share them.

From Streams in the Desert:

"I do not believe we have even begun to understand the wonderful power there is in being still. We are in such a hurry, always doing, that we are in danger of not allowing God the opportunity to work. You may be sure that God will never say to us "Stand still", "Sit still", or "Be still," unless He is going to do something. This is our problem regarding the christian life: we want to do something to be Christians, instead of allowing Him to work in us."

From My Utmost for His Highest:

"Suppose God wants to teach you to say, "I know how to be abased"- Are you ready to be offered up like that? Are you ready to be not so much as a drop in a bucket- to be so hopelessly insignificant that you are never thought of again in connection with the life you served?"

That one hit me real hard, I don't know if I am ready to be that "poured out". My spirit is willing, but my flesh is not. Lord, help me.

And lastly, from one of the most blessed little books that I adore so much called 'God Calling' by two listeners. Each day is something that the Lord Jesus spoke to these woman who remain anonymous. Here is today's entry:

"Walk with Me. I will teach you. Listen to Me and I will speak. Continue to meet Me, in spite of all the opposition and every obstacle, in spite of days when you may hear no voice, and there may come no intimate heart-to-heart telling.
As you persist in this, and make a life-habit of it, in many marvellous ways I will reveal My will to you. You shall have more sure knowing of both the present and the future. But that will be only the reward of the regular coming to meet Me.
Life is a school. There are many teachers. Not to everyone do I come personally. Believe literally that the problems and difficulties of your lives can be explained by Me more clearly and effectually than by any other."

Just give Him a chance. Call out to Him. He so desperately wants to speak to us in our present lives.

Individuality

Psalm 139:14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."

I LOVE this scripture. It just speaks volumes to me. When I stop to think about all the people that I have been privilege to meet, I love how each one is so uniquely made by the hand of God. I just adore how no one person is the same as the other. Just think God formed YOU in your mothers womb. AMAZING.

On a related note, baby Eden was born today, to my cousin Shazia! Congrats to them :) Praise God for that precious new life.