TRUTH.
REFUSE TO SETTLE.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Spirit Led Dependency
Yesterday, I was filling up my water bottle for what seriously felt like the millionth time and I began to wonder why the Creator of the universe couldn't have just wired us so that we didn't need water so much. So I asked Him. Yeah, that's our relationship. I ask if I want to know. He may choose to answer immediately. He may choose to have me dig in His word before He reveals the answer to me. He may choose to just say, "Wait." Yesterday, the answer came in one word.
Dependent.
Dependent. A position in life that has never felt comfortable to me and a word I have treated with disdain. If you ask my parents to name a characteristic that has described me since birth, they would most likely say independent. I have heard the stories of my penchant for 'doing it myself' from the time I was a young child. I have worn independence as a badge of honor and, remorsefully, have allowed it to become an issue of pride with me. It has cost me much over the years of my life. However, yesterday dependence was a word that brought a sense of well-being and peace. Why?
I don't know if it's because I am becoming wiser in my years and/or have concentrated on walking in the Spirit more, but I am finding that I am learning to embrace the dependency I have on the Lord's leading. As I have aged and He has given me more wisdom, I understand the absurdity of thinking that I control most of what goes on in life. I simply don't. I can try to make the best decisions for my life and still have less than desired results. Bad things still happen to good people. Sometimes, people do bad things and pay no price for them. What I do know is that I am responsible for me and the choices I make and the outcome is His to determine. As I have pursued walking in the Spirit more purposefully, my spirit has become more settled and joy filled. It has taken that unnecessary pressure off of me to control outcomes.
I have now completed 126 days of life change on this Daniel Plan. I have lost 39 pounds, inches that I haven't bothered to measure, and an addiction to sugar and refined flour. I have gained energy, joy, and purposefulness. All of that is good, but they are not the best things I have lost or gained. That would be losing independence and gaining trust and grace. My trust in my Savior has grown exponentially. The same God that delivers on every promise from manna to motherhood in the Scriptures is the same God who knows my name, knows my weaknesses, knows my struggles, and knows the inheritance He has chosen just for me. He KNOWS me. Does it really get any better than that? Have you fully embraced just what it means to have a Heavenly Father that knows you better than any other being, including yourself? This same heavenly Father does what He says He will do (Titus 1:2), fights for you (Jeremiah 1:19), prays for you (John 16:26) and wants to protect (Psalm 28:7) and take care of you (Matthew 10:29-31). He is also the same God who sent saving grace (Eph 2:8-9) in the form of the God- man Jesus Christ. That same grace gives you a place to grow, is sufficient for all you need ( 2 Cor 12:9), and gives you access to boldly approach the Father (Heb 4:16) and ask Him anything. That's what I did and He has answered in ways that I couldn't imagine...but He said He would! (Ephesian 3:20)
Father, thank you for bringing me to a place of dependence upon You unlike I have ever known!
Dependent.
Dependent. A position in life that has never felt comfortable to me and a word I have treated with disdain. If you ask my parents to name a characteristic that has described me since birth, they would most likely say independent. I have heard the stories of my penchant for 'doing it myself' from the time I was a young child. I have worn independence as a badge of honor and, remorsefully, have allowed it to become an issue of pride with me. It has cost me much over the years of my life. However, yesterday dependence was a word that brought a sense of well-being and peace. Why?
I don't know if it's because I am becoming wiser in my years and/or have concentrated on walking in the Spirit more, but I am finding that I am learning to embrace the dependency I have on the Lord's leading. As I have aged and He has given me more wisdom, I understand the absurdity of thinking that I control most of what goes on in life. I simply don't. I can try to make the best decisions for my life and still have less than desired results. Bad things still happen to good people. Sometimes, people do bad things and pay no price for them. What I do know is that I am responsible for me and the choices I make and the outcome is His to determine. As I have pursued walking in the Spirit more purposefully, my spirit has become more settled and joy filled. It has taken that unnecessary pressure off of me to control outcomes.
I have now completed 126 days of life change on this Daniel Plan. I have lost 39 pounds, inches that I haven't bothered to measure, and an addiction to sugar and refined flour. I have gained energy, joy, and purposefulness. All of that is good, but they are not the best things I have lost or gained. That would be losing independence and gaining trust and grace. My trust in my Savior has grown exponentially. The same God that delivers on every promise from manna to motherhood in the Scriptures is the same God who knows my name, knows my weaknesses, knows my struggles, and knows the inheritance He has chosen just for me. He KNOWS me. Does it really get any better than that? Have you fully embraced just what it means to have a Heavenly Father that knows you better than any other being, including yourself? This same heavenly Father does what He says He will do (Titus 1:2), fights for you (Jeremiah 1:19), prays for you (John 16:26) and wants to protect (Psalm 28:7) and take care of you (Matthew 10:29-31). He is also the same God who sent saving grace (Eph 2:8-9) in the form of the God- man Jesus Christ. That same grace gives you a place to grow, is sufficient for all you need ( 2 Cor 12:9), and gives you access to boldly approach the Father (Heb 4:16) and ask Him anything. That's what I did and He has answered in ways that I couldn't imagine...but He said He would! (Ephesian 3:20)
Father, thank you for bringing me to a place of dependence upon You unlike I have ever known!
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