I am thankful for all the Lord has taught me, but DUDE this
trip continues to be something else! The LORD seems to be constantly digging deeper to the bottom of my heart. I honestly had
no idea how much hurt still remained down there.
This month I felt the Lord probing around in a part of my
life that was quite uncomfortable, and I found myself quickly asking, “Why are you starting to
address this here and now? Can’t this wait?” I”m surprised the Lord hasn’t
smacked me with a holy 2×4 yet. This month I had a choice to let Him in or leave the door to my
heart shut. What are you going to do, make the Son of God stand outside while He stands outside the door and knocks? I chose this month to let Him in. If His ways
and thoughts really are higher than ours like Isaiah says, who am I to tell the Lord
when the right time has come or not? “Does the clay say to him who forms it,
“What are you making?” (Isaiah 45:9)
I’ve been reading two books this past month that have shed
some light and brought me encouragement: Francis Chan”s Forgotten God
and Neil T. Anderson”s Victory Over The Darkness. I’ll share two quotes
that have meant a lot:
Truth #1 ” We think truth, not just positive thoughts.
“The Christian community has been somewhat reluctant to buy
into the power of positive thinking, and for good reason. We are not called to
just think positive thoughts; we are called to think the truth.” “N. Anderson
Truth #2 ” We pray in faith about things God has promised, not just things we want.
“I realize that some of you reading this book have asked the
Holy Spirit to do something and have not experienced the results you
anticipated. Now you fear asking again because it would weaken your faith if
God ‘fails to act’ again. I’ve heard many people question God for not
responding when they prayed in faith. I don’t doubt these people prayed in
faith, but the question is whether they prayed for things God has promised.
Often, it’s the un-promised requests that God answers with a no.” “F. Chan
The Lord continues to ask me to keep my heart open to what
He wants to do. It’s hard. It requires me to really TRUST Him.
Have you ever felt like the Lord let you down?
I have.
It
really shakes you to your core when it happens, right to your very foundation. I’ve learned those moments in my life there were nothing but times where I made some of my own assumptions. These
quotes encourage me trust HIM more and seek out the things HE PROMISES TO BE
TRUE and to ground my life on those things. That, my friends, is what it means
to build your house on Christ the solid rock instead of sand.
