There is something about punishment that helps us to see clearly. The pain of it all, forces us to clear away all the lies and convenient excuses we use to follow our own desires. It forces us to see reality and our own true condition! Lord, please let me see these things clearly without the need for discipline!
We don’t usually expect our story to turn to a tragedy, we are looking for success and victory. But unfortunately, we are not the authors of our story…instead we are called to trust the Author and have confidence in His promises. Lord help me to trust You even when things are not going the way I expect.
God holds each person accountable for their own actions…what a blessing as that is hard enough for me to control…and even then, if I am not surrendered, I often fail to effectively control myself. Thankfully Gods grace extends to each person and we can accept His grace if we surrender to His will.
God specializes in the impossible and accomplishes His will against all odds. He is not constrained by normal circumstances or outcomes, but by His will achieves His desired result. God, help me to see Your path and walk in it willingly!
This same thing is one of the most insidious manners in which Christian’s sin. We take the blessings of God and credit them to our abilities and turn it into an idol…the idol takes over and we can reject God in search of more glory, more honor, more pleasure, more fame…
God allow my heart to be soft to you in humility and credit You wholly with all that you have blessed me. Please strengthen my resolve to point to You in every victory and every blessing!
God calls us to be faithful as we accomplish the work He called us to. He wants us to understand that He alone is God and the only one worthy of molding our will toward. Lord, help me to be malleable as I endeavor to be surrendered to You!
What an amazing description of how we knowingly submit ourselves to temptation when we are not walking by the Spirit. If we are thinking of how we may flirt with the desires of our flesh, our fall is inevitable and fully rests on our shoulders.
Lord help me to flee from getting close to the line and run into your arms!
