A small example:
God gave me a job with great people, a great boss, with laughter and fun, and a piano, and I’m selfish and don’t want to go~even as I have nothing else in my heart that I would rather do… And that would be Satan (king of unmotivation) pulling me into unhappiness and ungratefulness, and I would imagine that is how he pulls people away from God and into despair.
It’s so obvious that God places us in people’s lives, in situations, and in specific work environments with an intended purpose. Although, maybe it isn’t that obvious (to most), and that is why we struggle. However, I believe God intended it to be obvious…but we’re missing something…
Wake Up! He (God) asks us to dream, to believe, to have more faith, and to believe more, and dream and hope for bigger things more and more…”Just come to Me.” God asks, and instead, with our heads down, we complain and fight going where He obviously called us to go, or fight doing that thing that we really dread doing, and all along we’re wondering why we aren’t happy and seem to be going nowhere, doing absolutely nothing, and then when we get the slightest of hope—a gentle curve upward in our smiles, we start to believe that there are other people who are way more qualified to go “there” or to do “that” than ourselves… and the smile fades. Who where you listening to?
How many times (if any) have you heard, “God doesn’t call the qualified, but qualifies the called”? And we still don’t believe. And I have heard that saying quite a few times, let me tell ya. I am guilty of listening to something else…
Why don’t you and I believe?
~Because we hear the doubts in our heads louder than the voice of God. Not because God is speaking quieter, but because we just can’t fathom that we could be that precious to anyone, especially to God (if there is one—many ponder), that He would actually say nice things about us and to us. When we “can’t” believe, then we hear the other things in our heads…you know, the negative things—we hear the thoughts that are literally out to steal our joys, and laughter, thoughts out to kill and destroy our lives and eternity. And we hear these thoughts louder than God’s voice, because we truly believe that we are failures instead of hearing His voice telling us that we are His beautiful creation that He, Himself gave His life for. God speaks Truth.
But, you know, we choose what we hear, and all those people who say God is silent need to look at themselves in the mirror and ask themselves what they are worth. What do they hear? Fat? Ugly? Shy? Weak?...
If you don’t hear, “Precious, lovely, wonderful, amazing…I love you,” then you need to realize that you’re tuned into the wrong voice.
You have to choose Him and believe even when it’s the hardest thing to do. Give it some time. Things will change and you will hear something different. (But don’t always rely on your own ears to hear God’s voice in the beginning. Most times God has to use other people and other sources {Bible} to tell you, cuz your own ears are prone to pick up on the negatives and sometimes need practice with hearing God’s voice opposed to hearing something that is close to His….or someone else’s voice).
So look at your life. See what you can see, but BELIEVE that there is more. Trust that there is more, because unless you do, you’ll slowly, maybe quickly, fall away into sadness.
“You can’t even imagine the plans that He has (for you), not unless you stick with Him (will you see).” ~Curt Brunk
Ezekiel 36:26-33 (The Message)
"26I'll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. 27I'll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands."
“God is trying to establish a relationship with you as friends. Are we coming to God as a friend? Do we treat Him like a friend? Are we so tied up in rules that we can’t see God as a friend?” ~Curt Brunk
John 15:15-18 (The Message)
"15I'm no longer calling you servants because servants don't understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father.
16"You didn't choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won't spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
17"But remember the root command: Love one another."
18"If you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating me.” ~Jesus
How can I become a friend with whom I don’t know?
It’s so obvious that God places us in people’s lives, in situations, and in specific work environments with an intended purpose. Although, maybe it isn’t that obvious (to most), and that is why we struggle. However, I believe God intended it to be obvious…but we’re missing something…
Wake Up! He (God) asks us to dream, to believe, to have more faith, and to believe more, and dream and hope for bigger things more and more…”Just come to Me.” God asks, and instead, with our heads down, we complain and fight going where He obviously called us to go, or fight doing that thing that we really dread doing, and all along we’re wondering why we aren’t happy and seem to be going nowhere, doing absolutely nothing, and then when we get the slightest of hope—a gentle curve upward in our smiles, we start to believe that there are other people who are way more qualified to go “there” or to do “that” than ourselves… and the smile fades. Who where you listening to?
How many times (if any) have you heard, “God doesn’t call the qualified, but qualifies the called”? And we still don’t believe. And I have heard that saying quite a few times, let me tell ya. I am guilty of listening to something else…
Why don’t you and I believe?
~Because we hear the doubts in our heads louder than the voice of God. Not because God is speaking quieter, but because we just can’t fathom that we could be that precious to anyone, especially to God (if there is one—many ponder), that He would actually say nice things about us and to us. When we “can’t” believe, then we hear the other things in our heads…you know, the negative things—we hear the thoughts that are literally out to steal our joys, and laughter, thoughts out to kill and destroy our lives and eternity. And we hear these thoughts louder than God’s voice, because we truly believe that we are failures instead of hearing His voice telling us that we are His beautiful creation that He, Himself gave His life for. God speaks Truth.
But, you know, we choose what we hear, and all those people who say God is silent need to look at themselves in the mirror and ask themselves what they are worth. What do they hear? Fat? Ugly? Shy? Weak?...
If you don’t hear, “Precious, lovely, wonderful, amazing…I love you,” then you need to realize that you’re tuned into the wrong voice.
You have to choose Him and believe even when it’s the hardest thing to do. Give it some time. Things will change and you will hear something different. (But don’t always rely on your own ears to hear God’s voice in the beginning. Most times God has to use other people and other sources {Bible} to tell you, cuz your own ears are prone to pick up on the negatives and sometimes need practice with hearing God’s voice opposed to hearing something that is close to His….or someone else’s voice).
So look at your life. See what you can see, but BELIEVE that there is more. Trust that there is more, because unless you do, you’ll slowly, maybe quickly, fall away into sadness.
“You can’t even imagine the plans that He has (for you), not unless you stick with Him (will you see).” ~Curt Brunk
Ezekiel 36:26-33 (The Message)
"26I'll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. 27I'll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands."
“God is trying to establish a relationship with you as friends. Are we coming to God as a friend? Do we treat Him like a friend? Are we so tied up in rules that we can’t see God as a friend?” ~Curt Brunk
John 15:15-18 (The Message)
"15I'm no longer calling you servants because servants don't understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father.
16"You didn't choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won't spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
17"But remember the root command: Love one another."
18"If you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating me.” ~Jesus
How can I become a friend with whom I don’t know?
posted by Heather | Sunday, December 04, 2005
1 Comments:
Wow ! You can't even know how much this message was for me.. today .. in this moment.
Thank you!
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