Sometimes we pray for neon signs and God sends us confirmation through a song or a sermon. We don't exactly see that as "an answer". In our minds we wanted God to send a sign with an audible this is the way walk in it, but that is not how it always happens. God gives us our answer in His time and in His way. So our choice is to listen to the whispers aka His answer, or to keep looking for the answer we want in the way we think it should be delivered.
God's been speaking multiple things to me already this year, but the theme/point through them all is to Be who I made you to be. So many times we take on things that God never meant for us to take on, we try to handle things that only God is equipped to handle, and we start running a race that only God can run with us. Stress comes when we try to handle things that only God can handle.
So where does the honest come in for a minute? We all have times during our daily walk that are harder than others to tell our flesh to shush it so we can listen to the whispers. I don't know about you, but I have found that it is so much harder at certain points, because let's be honest our flesh is weaker some days than others. (Girls, you know what I'm talking about....). So being honest, I've craved chocolate more than Him some points and that is never a good thing. God can make us feel so much better than chocolate can and it lasts longer. Our choice is to go to Him first, and then who knows we still may get chocolate later but not because we were stressed but because we wanted something sweet. I digress though. Looking back over the last couple of months, I can point out a certain time period where I know I am weaker than others. So....what to do now. Well God is preparing my heart on that one and I'm sure it will be a blog soon.
God promised that if we seek Him first, everything we need will be added to us. Think on that for a second, He didn't say everything will be given to us, but everything will be added to us. That means when we seek Him first, He will give us what need to keep walking forward. Everything we need to tell the mountain we may be facing to move we already posses. So choose to be the one He called you to be. Be You ;-)
I've been telling God my heart a lot lately and watching Him peel back layers. Things I that I used to think mattered, don't matter any more. People who I placed as a priority, aren't exactly that any more. Opinions and voices of others that I let consume my thoughts are slowly losing their voice and place(this one is harder). Issues that used to not prick my heart and cause tears, do now. Sensitive now maybe, but it could also be called as broken. (I'm also pretty sure at some point I asked God for a broken heart for things that break His heart, but that's another blog). Priorities are changing and that's okay. With that though comes change and sometimes that isn't always as easy or as comfortable. Changes stretch us, make us look inside, and make us realize who we are. So many times we let others tell us who we are that we start believing what they say about us instead of what God says about us. We let how others see us cloud out how He sees us and therefore how we should see ourselves. (Look in the mirror and think for a second, do you critique yourself based on what others may say or think or what you think). We have taken on way more "stress" than He ever intended because we have taken on too much of what others say/think. I've been watching God take the pieces that I have scattered around in my "life" and watching Him slowly put them into place. God has called us to be where we are for a reason and He wants us to be content there. He wants us to in essence bloom where we are planted and be His Hands and Feet. God didn't call us to do what someone else has done, play the part someone else has played, but to be ourselves. Do what you know in your heart you should do, and God will take care of the rest. As the Laura Story song says, Be My God so I can just be me.
Honestly, I'm learning the times when I am stronger in Him and the times when I'm not. Realizing when those are helps me to be a better me by leaning on Him more during those times when I know I am not as strong. Feelings are a part of you but not who you are. Run to Him with those and let Him be the One to sort them out. I'm not perfect, I'm just a princess of the Most High who has finally gotten tired of doing what others want and trying to be who other people want me to be. I'm a Princess who has learned that God loves me for me and has an amazing plan for my life. It's not exactly how I "thought" it would be at this point in my life, but His ways are so much higher than mine.
Until next time,
~Melissa
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