It has been so long since I've blogged and I'll be the first one to tell you that I have 734,000 things I should be doing instead of sitting at the computer, but here I am. Finally! Theres no way I can summarize everything I've been thinking and praying about it, but all that pulls it together is that God is THROWING me out of my comfort zone and reminding me that all I NEED is Him. Yesterday at church, Mark talked about adding expectations, standards, and even limits to Jesus. I forget so often that He is so much more capable to work in my life if I can give up and just let Him. My prayer in these last couple of days has been Psalms 51:12, "Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and make me willing to obey You." I want to be running full force to Him constantly. All day, Every day. I want to be joyful even when my heart is hurting. I want to obey His commands and His will as soon as He shows them to me. I have grown up surrounded by ideas of who Jesus is and where he needs to be instead of allowing Him to be everything and everything to me. It is so hard to "let go and let God" but I can't think of anything more important! I've always heard about needing to die to myself before I can ever let God live and work through me, but WOAH, that hits so close to home. I get up every morning with 100 things I want to do and tell God that if He can work around my plans, I'll serve Him, but I'm missing the point completely. I should wake up in the morning and say first thing "Use me, Jesus, no matter what" THEN I'll understand. That has to be my heart's constant desire, to long to obey Him and His will.
I saw this quote a long time ago that I try to remind myself of daily. It says "If I knew what God knew, His will is exactly what I would want for my life." If I could even comprehend how many beautiful experiences He has planned for me, I would want nothing more than to sit at His feet and wait for commands. I'm learning everyday to wake up and ask Jesus to show himself to me, because He has a plan, and it is perfect! But, of course, I fail constantly. All day. Every day. And of course, that leads me back into His arms full of grace. Be joyful this week and strive to obey Him no matter what. Remind yourself of His will and perfect plan. Love Love Love.
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September 22, 2010
All day. Every day.
It has been so long since I've blogged and I'll be the first one to tell you that I have 734,000 things I should be doing instead of sitting at the computer, but here I am. Finally! Theres no way I can summarize everything I've been thinking and praying about it, but all that pulls it together is that God is THROWING me out of my comfort zone and reminding me that all I NEED is Him. Yesterday at church, Mark talked about adding expectations, standards, and even limits to Jesus. I forget so often that He is so much more capable to work in my life if I can give up and just let Him. My prayer in these last couple of days has been Psalms 51:12, "Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and make me willing to obey You." I want to be running full force to Him constantly. All day, Every day. I want to be joyful even when my heart is hurting. I want to obey His commands and His will as soon as He shows them to me. I have grown up surrounded by ideas of who Jesus is and where he needs to be instead of allowing Him to be everything and everything to me. It is so hard to "let go and let God" but I can't think of anything more important! I've always heard about needing to die to myself before I can ever let God live and work through me, but WOAH, that hits so close to home. I get up every morning with 100 things I want to do and tell God that if He can work around my plans, I'll serve Him, but I'm missing the point completely. I should wake up in the morning and say first thing "Use me, Jesus, no matter what" THEN I'll understand. That has to be my heart's constant desire, to long to obey Him and His will.
I saw this quote a long time ago that I try to remind myself of daily. It says "If I knew what God knew, His will is exactly what I would want for my life." If I could even comprehend how many beautiful experiences He has planned for me, I would want nothing more than to sit at His feet and wait for commands. I'm learning everyday to wake up and ask Jesus to show himself to me, because He has a plan, and it is perfect! But, of course, I fail constantly. All day. Every day. And of course, that leads me back into His arms full of grace. Be joyful this week and strive to obey Him no matter what. Remind yourself of His will and perfect plan. Love Love Love.
I saw this quote a long time ago that I try to remind myself of daily. It says "If I knew what God knew, His will is exactly what I would want for my life." If I could even comprehend how many beautiful experiences He has planned for me, I would want nothing more than to sit at His feet and wait for commands. I'm learning everyday to wake up and ask Jesus to show himself to me, because He has a plan, and it is perfect! But, of course, I fail constantly. All day. Every day. And of course, that leads me back into His arms full of grace. Be joyful this week and strive to obey Him no matter what. Remind yourself of His will and perfect plan. Love Love Love.
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