Life Verse
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him,who have been called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
Hearts don’t become stones overnight.
Instead, it is the tragic consequence of rebellion over time.
Every act of rebellion dulls the conscience. Every sinful choice to resist God, to go our own way, to do our own thing, empowers the flesh and increases carnality. And slowly, but surely- the heart starts to stray.
Even before I cross into my second year in np, I realise that it is more than just timely that SP received word from God that the church was to enter a season of fasting and prayer.It is a divine appointment.
The very crux of fasting lies in us being willing to set ourselves apart for God.
This world that you and I live in, it teaches us to live for ourselves.
We are driven by our own interests, compelled to pursue our own passions and dreams.
Nothing’s wrong with that, of course.
Except that when things begin to fall apart, we turn our backs on God.
Except that if we achieve success, we feast on bigger things. Things that, in our desperation- we have allowed to become bigger than God. Our ambitions, our dreams, our desires and even our interests- are but specks of dust to God because He has better plans for our future than we care to look at.We know that this means trouble. And we want to avoid that as much as possible.
But I’ve learnt that the key to growth is brokeness.
That’s the only option available to us should we want to grow in intimacy with God and find peace despite the stroms that surround us. It is a process that calls for us to surrender our ability to do anything, our rights, our desires- and allow God to have free reign in us, to enter our lives with full control and with the permission to do as He pleases. It is a process of restructuring, rebuilding, restoring. And that’s precisely why it hurts, badly. That’s the point though, isnt it? Finding rest in God is not about sailing through the storms of life, but in rising up each time we fall although we are shattered and in dispair- uncertain about His will, but holding on to His promises that it is always in our best interest.
Think you’ve got it all planned out?
Think again.
God has the bigger picture. (;