I recently took some time to do some "soul searching," I guess you could call it a mini-sabbatical. Time to focus on hearing God, and getting things in order; spiritually, mentally, and emotionally, to follow His lead and be content, no matter where He leads. Even if His words say "wait."
I was reading in 1 Corinthians one morning where Paul wrote "The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us." (1 Corinthians 2:10(b)-12).
There's so much to think about in this passage, but as I contemplated God's will in my life, I was encouraged that God has blessed me with His spirit living in me. His spirit will shine a search light into the darkest corners of me and reveal the truth of what hides there. My prayer for this time of soul searching is that God's spirit will reveal to me the plan He has to lead me to the great blessing He has in store - and that I will listen, hear, and follow.
Have you ever been in a place where you feel like you're stuck in the mud, spinning your wheels - you've lost forward momentum? It's in those times you should turn to the Spirit of God and ask Him to help you understand. He will hear you and He will answer.
Now, bear in mind, sometimes what God reveals might sound crazy when measured by the yardstick of our own wisdom. That's not to be unexpected because God can see the big picture - He is the artist, we're merely pigment on the canvas, and we can only see the few pixels that surround us (how's that for a mixed metaphor?).
It's to our benefit to simply be obedient to God's call, and if we're submitted to being directed by the artists brush, even though it may take us into unfamiliar areas, even though it may cause our colors to blend until our original hue is no longer noticeable, He will work us into His masterpiece in a way that brings forth all the potential He's placed in us.
I don't know if that reads in a way that makes sense to anyone but me, but that's where I am. Kind of struggling along and just hopeful that God will search my spirit and help me understand what He has freely given me. I covet your prayers to that end.
Daddy, Abba, I'm in Your hands. You are beyond everything, I am nothing. All I am, all I have, all I know is a gift from You. May all that I am be used for Your glory to build Your kingdom, to encourage Your people. I ask that You guide me, help me understand my place in Your plan, help me be content with Your call in my life and that alone. Thank You Lord. Amen.
I was reading in 1 Corinthians one morning where Paul wrote "The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us." (1 Corinthians 2:10(b)-12).
There's so much to think about in this passage, but as I contemplated God's will in my life, I was encouraged that God has blessed me with His spirit living in me. His spirit will shine a search light into the darkest corners of me and reveal the truth of what hides there. My prayer for this time of soul searching is that God's spirit will reveal to me the plan He has to lead me to the great blessing He has in store - and that I will listen, hear, and follow.
Have you ever been in a place where you feel like you're stuck in the mud, spinning your wheels - you've lost forward momentum? It's in those times you should turn to the Spirit of God and ask Him to help you understand. He will hear you and He will answer.
Now, bear in mind, sometimes what God reveals might sound crazy when measured by the yardstick of our own wisdom. That's not to be unexpected because God can see the big picture - He is the artist, we're merely pigment on the canvas, and we can only see the few pixels that surround us (how's that for a mixed metaphor?).
It's to our benefit to simply be obedient to God's call, and if we're submitted to being directed by the artists brush, even though it may take us into unfamiliar areas, even though it may cause our colors to blend until our original hue is no longer noticeable, He will work us into His masterpiece in a way that brings forth all the potential He's placed in us.
I don't know if that reads in a way that makes sense to anyone but me, but that's where I am. Kind of struggling along and just hopeful that God will search my spirit and help me understand what He has freely given me. I covet your prayers to that end.
Daddy, Abba, I'm in Your hands. You are beyond everything, I am nothing. All I am, all I have, all I know is a gift from You. May all that I am be used for Your glory to build Your kingdom, to encourage Your people. I ask that You guide me, help me understand my place in Your plan, help me be content with Your call in my life and that alone. Thank You Lord. Amen.
