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I hear over and over that people want to know God's will for their lives. I do not believe them. Why? Because they are thinking of themselves and that is the opposite of His will. Jesus said "I did not come on my own account but only to do the will of my Father who sent me". "Follow thou me." What part of this do we not understand? For to me, if I am honest, it is crystal clear. I just want to figure out a way to have it all. The problem lies in pleasing ourselves. We jump on that wheel and exhaust ourselves. Look at how hard corporate America works to achieve worldly riches. Yes, we are all guilty and that guilt is what throws us into the anxiety of legalism and we become 'good deed doers' to ease our troubled souls. For only God can discern the heart. But we can see one thing: we can see all the fleshly desires being lusted after at any social gathering or we could just turn on your boob tube as my mother so wisely called it.
"The mature stage is the life of a child which is never conscious. We become so abandoned to God that the consciousness of being used never enters in ". - Oswald Chambers. This is a truth worthy of being written on your wall to live by. Alistair Begg said "the presence of anxiety is directly related to the absence of humility". Another profound statement worthy of posting. I write things on mirrors and walls all the time, so I will recall and meditate on truths that will change the way I live and deal with this life I've been given. Oh, let's say that again: "This life I've been given." Given by Whom? My Father and Creator! Do we even give this a second thought? All the riches in the world are not going to give us one ounce of joy and we must quit living our lives for stuff if we want lasting and profound joy in our lives.
We make life sooooo difficult! "Bore, bore, bore. Life marches on, Chelsea, and I suggest you get on with it!" On Golden Pond (Katherine Hepburn to Jane Fonda). We choose anxiety when we are conscious of ourselves, and the peace of what God is doing through us is eliminated. How sad is that? We desire God, we were made to fellowship with Him, and yet we wander around in the wilderness trying to have our cake and eat it too. All we have to do is be God's child. If we elevate ourselves and take over we lose our way. We were not put here to solve the world's problems or our children's problems. We were put here to "love the Lord our God with all our heart and all of our mind and all of our soul and all of our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves". That's it! Our Father will speak so clearly if we will simply take ourselves out of the way. "A saint is never consciously a saint. A saint is consciously dependent on God". O.C.
Heavenly Father
It is such a privilege to know You and be Your child. Help us to remember that being
Your child is a joy you desire for us. Nudge us when we try and take over so we do not become
our own road block to the life Jesus came and died to give us . Thank you Father for Your Son
and for the depth of Your great love. May we always be consciously aware of our deep love for
You Our Father which art in Heaven who first loved us and desired to be our Father, we are so
loved. May we be children who honor and exalt You always. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen
Love to all in Christ Jesus. c:)
