I would love if you guys had a fun moment with me.
Could you put on: You Are My Joy (Live) by Will Reagan while you read this. This is how I’m writing it.
The song is a song of deliverance. And its happy! It focuses on God’s work, not our problems.
I have struggled with some of the same sin for years. I sometimes haven’t had the desire to stop or to let God heal me of those wounds.
I’ve had victories in struggles but also failures. I can go through all of the reasons this is hurting my heart, mind, and soul and relationships. But all of those things aren’t a big enough reason for me, unfortunately. I wish they were.
More powerfully, God sings a sweeter song to me. (Zephaniah 3:17) Its quieter, and not as fancy or maybe fun at first. But it’s a song of freedom. It’s a song of deliverance. Its hope and faith and greatest of all, love. (1 Corinthians 13)
He sets me free from the weight of the world. He takes my burdens and gives me joy. There aren’t enough words to sing that can even bring to express the overwhelming love of His song. Its happy, and its fun! I can’t help but cry and laugh and sing along!
Physical battles are lies. It’s a spiritual battle we are facing. Of course, there are physical barriers and accountabilities I can set up to help me have victory.
Now I’m listening to a song, “Marvelous Light” by Ellie Holcomb. “Afraid my shame would be exposed. Afraid of really being known. But then you gave my heart a home. So I walked out of the darkness and into the light. Marvelous light!”
I haven’t lived as who God created me to be. I’ve let the enemy and my sin isolate me and turn my love and care for others into pride. No more.
I am a new creation. The old has gone, and the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
There’s no place I’d rather be. (Psalm 27:4)
How do I show God I love Him? By obeying Him. We are to fear God and shun evil. (Proverbs 3:7)
There is freedom when we do this. It’s a divine dance when we choose God and leave sin. I pray that all of you and I will be infants in evil. (1 Corinthians 14:20) This month for us is a month of abandonment. What can you give up? Abandonment brings dependency on God.
Shoutout to Chelsey and hot yoga. 🙂
