Did you realize that when you ask God to change you and to
make you more like Jesus he takes you at your word? Did you also realize that when you pray
prayers like that its gonna get ugly REAL quick!! I have seen aspects of myself that have
scared and humbled me like I have never been before. I have sat at my table where I have my quiet
time with God and have literally felt the war for my soul. Events have occurred that have exposed this
nasty bitterness in my soul. I have,
with tear streaming down my face, pleaded with God to take it. I could FEEL myself getting pulled into
bitterness and I was scared because I don’t want to end up bitter and angry and
full of pride. I don’t know if ANYONE
ELSE can relate to what I am writing now, but I want to just be real with you
guys in hopes that someone out there gets encouraged, someone finds Hope in
Jesus from reading these few words.
“NO! In all these
things we are MORE THAN CONQUERORS through him who loves us! For I am convinced that neither death nor
life, neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the future, nor any
power, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!” Romans 8:37-39
I heard a message this morning called “Shake it Off” (David Ham, tscnyc.org LISTEN TO IT!) Here’s what I took away from it……..Crudy
stuff happens in life! Paul the Apostle
was going through all sorts of mess……arrest, imprisonment, beaten, chained to a
boat, shipwrecked….THEN was bitten by a snake while he was trying to something
nice for everyone by lighting a fire so folks wouldn’t be cold. WHAT!?
But Paul simply shook the snake off his hand into the fire and went
about his business. The poison of the
snake didn’t affect him. He didn’t get
sick or die. He kept serving the folks
and loving Jesus. He didn’t allow the
weight of his difficulties to diminish the light of Jesus in his heart. He kept moving forward. AAAAAAMMMMMMEEEEEENNNN!!!!!!
Lets shake off the snakes that are trying to destroy
us! The weight of sin, the mistakes, the
attacks of the enemy to get us off the course that God has set out for us.
Tomorrow my husband is going in for surgery. He has a detached retina. He is an artist and a crafts man, He needs his eyes! THAT’S A SNAKE BITE! We have a choice to make though. Do we wallow?
Do we sit down and die? Or do we
shake off the snake and keep moving forward!
God has provided miraculously for the surgery, and has provided so that
I can be with him and he can recover from home.
He was going to have to travel alone and be gone from home for 2 weeks
alone recovering. The details that God
has ordered in this have shown me that He is in control, that he wasn’t shocked
or surprised that this issue has occurred.
AMEN! No matter what happens we
will worship Jesus because he is worthy and He deserved the praise!
Let me leave you with this
“Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame and is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God!”
Romans 12: 1-2
I read the following portion of scripture the other day and
it made me weep with joy! If we endure
and not turn back, if we run with patience this will be us one day!!!!
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no
one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with
palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, SALVATION
BELONGS TO OUR GOD WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND TO THE LAMB!” Revelation 7:9-10
Its all about Jesus!
It will always be about Jesus! AMEN!!!!!!!!
If you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and savior, I PLEAD and
IMPLORE with you! Stop the fight! Stop running here, there and everywhere
looking for answers, because I promise you!
You won’t find them! Jesus is the
way! Jesus in the truth! Jesus is the life! He died and cruel and painful death willingly
and gladly so that he could welcome you and I into his kingdom. He loves you!
And he is coming again soon!
