Just give me Jesus....

I heard the Jeremy Camp song on the radio yesterday......and it has stuck. I've actually been trying to pull up the YouTube video so I could add it in here, but it's not working. I'll take that as God wants me to just type first. There is a part in the song that says...you can have all of this world, just give me Jesus. December has been a different kind of month for me. It's like I finally got off the mountain and found my way headed to the next part of the journey. I can't explain it, but finally things clicked. God hasn't changed some aspects of my situation, but He's changed me. So many times we ask and ask for Him to change something, but He's waiting on us to let Him change us. What's changed? I finally listened. I wish I could tell you I slowed down and listened, but I didn't. I finally got tired of going around and around the same mountain. I got tired of the Motions. Discernment has always been there, but oh how precious I've found it to be lately. God's longing to show us ourselves through His eyes. He's longing to peel back the layers of our heart so He can show us just how it works. Too many times we apologize for the heart He gave us. It's not too big and we aren't too slow. Things don't always have to be planned out, but learning to listen when He says go and to apologize when you realize you've missed Him is priceless! God's plan always prevails, the choice becomes get in the middle of it or be left out.

Know who you are in Him. Get so lost in Him that you have to look through His eyes to find yourself. When you know who you are in Him, who He has called you to be, and what He has called you to do......the peace is beyond understanding. When you break the chain of people pleasing and finally move forward in the I'm the me He made me to be, the peace is beyond understanding. Word of caution(and I've learned the hard way.....)....be careful as you walk forward of who you let speak into your life. Well meaning people will try to "speak" into your life. Always run their words by the Spirit of the One who called you and is living inside of you. I've witnessed this more than once over the last couple of weeks. Something happens on the inside of you when the words being spoken are truth in love and are a part of His plan. There is also something that happens on the inside of you when the words are not from Him....that uneasiness in your Spirit is there for a reason. Let Him take care of those words ;-) When God is moving in your life, the enemy takes notice. Remember it says in scripture more than once that the demons and evil spirits knew who He was. What the enemy means to discourage you, should encourage you. God hasn't counted you out even though it may "feel" like it. In fact, what is going on right now is a shifting and a falling into place. God's moving things around to accomplish His plan and purpose for not only your life, but the lives of those who He has planned for you to minister to. The One who has called you is faithful and He will do it. 

At His Feet,
~Melissa 

God has someone who needs to hear this tonight. The enemy has tried to keep it from being posted. (I'm in my third browser to finish it). God just be you and do what you do. May the One who needs to read it, read it. The seeds you placed in my hand, I place back in yours to plant and then make grow. Thank you for letting me be the me, You called me to be.