I recall when I was about to complete high school. A few months before I graduated a large amount of credit card companies sent me pre-approved lines of credit cards.
At that time, I would never fill them out because I didn’t want to owe any one any money. As a result they would never activate the line of credit.
God has given us a pre-qualified line of credit but until we confess Christ, He won’t activate. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree". So that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:13-14).
We have a line of credit to operate with but we must confess. Each time you doubt the Father it’s like tearing up the pre-approved line of credit card. He keeps sending you letter after letter just so you will know He gave you divine power but you keep saying, “I I‘m not equipped. You keep saying,” I have to wait until the kids get older, wait until the kids get out of school, wait until I go back to school I have to wait and Jesus keeps sending you letters to tell you “You are already Pre-Qualified!” The reality is you are waiting on you.
What is your dilemma? Are you waiting on the kids? Are you waiting until you get the right degree?
When Jesus saw the man at the pool lying there He asked him "Do you want to be healed?" The man gave him excuses of being sick and not having help from others. Jesus did not want to hear all that. He said to him "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. (John 5:6-9).
Are you going to decide today to pick up your of mat? People fill out a form for a line of credit but confess Jesus, that is too much. I dare you to confess the Lord as your line of credit. How much longer will you let your approval notice pass you by?
Consider to waitn no more and move. Don’t hinder your self, yet seek knowledge of the Father so you may shine in His glory. Ask the Father to activate His line of credit in you. Pray that your doubt is removed. Call upon the Lord for faith in His divine power.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Business
A lady was speaking to her husband about upcoming expenses that needed to be paid. The husband heard her; yet, there was no plan of action after the conversation was concluded.
As her day progressed she left to tend to family errands and remembered it was their child’s turn to supply snacks for the class and she had an empty tank. Immediately, she called her husband and he decisively says, “Get the snack for the day and some gas, we are going to have to talk about all these expenses, when I get home.”
The wife does as he advises but ponders, “Didn’t we just attempt to talk about this.” After completing her errands she decided she would create invoices so her husband would be able to not only hear but see her financial concerns. She created a template of invoices entitled projected invoices, unpaid invoices & invoices.
Her husband came home and as usual, there schedules were not matching. The next day came and as he prepared to go to work, she briefly spoke to him this time including the invoices and a plan of action was executed immediately. They both concluded knowing what was needed, when it was needed and the day it would be taken care of.
As her day progressed she left to tend to family errands and remembered it was their child’s turn to supply snacks for the class and she had an empty tank. Immediately, she called her husband and he decisively says, “Get the snack for the day and some gas, we are going to have to talk about all these expenses, when I get home.”
The wife does as he advises but ponders, “Didn’t we just attempt to talk about this.” After completing her errands she decided she would create invoices so her husband would be able to not only hear but see her financial concerns. She created a template of invoices entitled projected invoices, unpaid invoices & invoices.
Her husband came home and as usual, there schedules were not matching. The next day came and as he prepared to go to work, she briefly spoke to him this time including the invoices and a plan of action was executed immediately. They both concluded knowing what was needed, when it was needed and the day it would be taken care of.
I am reminded that in marriage there is a partnership. "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together let no man separate" (Matthew 19:6).
It is easy for us to get busy yet challenging for us to make time to conclude the business side of our marriage. A marriage is a business with remarkable benefits. Today many households are being challenged about income. There are present expenses, coming up expenses and outstanding expenses that need to be paid. The concern is people neglect to take time to write out a plan to deal with the financial matters because of lack of the income or lack of the desire to handle such matter.
The lady had a concern with her husband about money. She noticed that her first approach did not go through and continued on. However, when she got in her car she needed even more money and it was decided that very moment that the couple had to make time to manage their money. She then approached her marriage as a business and her husband was understanding towards what he could visibly see.
Marriage is a partnership that both are to be concerned with as a team. If the man is providing, perhaps you can create some invoices so the money can be managed wisely. If both are providing financially, then there is a systematic strategy that can help you as a team, supervise your money. However you both must desire such strategy. What financial matters do you have in your house today? Are you saying man, he is head I don’t have to bother with the finances? Are you spending foolishly allowing your money to manage you?
Don’t allow money to separate your marriage. Seek God for wisdom for a plan to get your finances to flow as He would see fit. Pray to God to control your spending habits. Ask the Lord to openly treat your spouse as a partner with all matters. For it is, “by wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures” (Proverbs 24:3-4).
Monday, February 9, 2009
Live By Faith
I woke up this morning trying to just spend time with the Lord but I had an urgency to get up and work. I did not understand nor question the Lord but I start cleaning. As time continued I discovered we were having guest. It dawned on me, “why the urgency to clean the house came over me.”
The day continued to progress and I phoned my husband to tell him, “I would not have certain tasks completed because I can not do it alone.” I recognized that I was falling short in the midst of all the tasks that had to be done and needed help to get things done.
I was reminded of those with faith are blessed. I over heard the scripture, “For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them," (Galatians 3:10).
When you rely on what you do or do not do, you are cursed, for you are putting your faith in the work you do. It is through the faith of the Lord that He is able to activate, what you are falling short of.
How do you make investments? You are not investing your time in working and ignoring what the Lord says to do, are you? You are not donating money to this organization and that organization but not giving where the Lord requires you to give, are you?
If I spend my day working 9 to5, but do not abide in what the Lord tells me, what good are my works from 9 to5. I can’t push myself to work so I can complete a certain task or earn a certain amount of money and I am not being the mother, I was designed to be. I can not focus my attention on my list of things to do and neglect the list of my husbands’ needs, for I would not be the wife I was created to be. I must call on the Lord where I fall short and allow Him to take over. Not doing what I was designed to do is disobedience to the Lord.
If you depend on the law you are cursed. The law is to reveal, how you are so much not like God. It is not designed to show you, how to repair your self; yet, reveal what is wrong in hopes that you may call on the creator to restore you.
Further in the book of Galatians (3:11-13) it reveals that no one is justified before God by the law for "The righteous shall live by faith."
As I looked at all the things I had to do I realized, I could not meet the standards. I can not meet the standards of a perfect God, for I am not perfect. The law has cursed us all. That is why we strive for perfection but can not get close because we are not perfect. The just shall live by faith.
What are you striving to do today? Are you giving your all, only to find you are still short? It does not matter if I did 10 percent more than you or you did 50 percent more than me, we still fall. 99 and a half won’t due because our Father has a standard of excellence.
It is through Christ that we are justified. We are able to do the impossible because our Lord has given us credit, when we don’t deserve it.
Stop beating your self. Stop getting frustrated at what you wish you had, could have had or want to have done, for you were designed to depend and rely on the Lord. Instead of making a new plan to do things your way, submit to His way. Pray to God to forgive you for trying to do it your way and not include Him. Call upon the Lord to unleash angels to keep the enemy from blocking you to allow the Father to do as He wills. Ask the Lord to direct your path to follow only His directions. Pray to God that you have faith in Him and not the performance. “He has given His divine power for everything we need in life and godliness through knowledge of Him, who called us, for His very own glory and goodness” (2 Peter1:3).
The day continued to progress and I phoned my husband to tell him, “I would not have certain tasks completed because I can not do it alone.” I recognized that I was falling short in the midst of all the tasks that had to be done and needed help to get things done.
I was reminded of those with faith are blessed. I over heard the scripture, “For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them," (Galatians 3:10).
When you rely on what you do or do not do, you are cursed, for you are putting your faith in the work you do. It is through the faith of the Lord that He is able to activate, what you are falling short of.
How do you make investments? You are not investing your time in working and ignoring what the Lord says to do, are you? You are not donating money to this organization and that organization but not giving where the Lord requires you to give, are you?
If I spend my day working 9 to5, but do not abide in what the Lord tells me, what good are my works from 9 to5. I can’t push myself to work so I can complete a certain task or earn a certain amount of money and I am not being the mother, I was designed to be. I can not focus my attention on my list of things to do and neglect the list of my husbands’ needs, for I would not be the wife I was created to be. I must call on the Lord where I fall short and allow Him to take over. Not doing what I was designed to do is disobedience to the Lord.
If you depend on the law you are cursed. The law is to reveal, how you are so much not like God. It is not designed to show you, how to repair your self; yet, reveal what is wrong in hopes that you may call on the creator to restore you.
Further in the book of Galatians (3:11-13) it reveals that no one is justified before God by the law for "The righteous shall live by faith."
As I looked at all the things I had to do I realized, I could not meet the standards. I can not meet the standards of a perfect God, for I am not perfect. The law has cursed us all. That is why we strive for perfection but can not get close because we are not perfect. The just shall live by faith.
What are you striving to do today? Are you giving your all, only to find you are still short? It does not matter if I did 10 percent more than you or you did 50 percent more than me, we still fall. 99 and a half won’t due because our Father has a standard of excellence.
It is through Christ that we are justified. We are able to do the impossible because our Lord has given us credit, when we don’t deserve it.
Stop beating your self. Stop getting frustrated at what you wish you had, could have had or want to have done, for you were designed to depend and rely on the Lord. Instead of making a new plan to do things your way, submit to His way. Pray to God to forgive you for trying to do it your way and not include Him. Call upon the Lord to unleash angels to keep the enemy from blocking you to allow the Father to do as He wills. Ask the Lord to direct your path to follow only His directions. Pray to God that you have faith in Him and not the performance. “He has given His divine power for everything we need in life and godliness through knowledge of Him, who called us, for His very own glory and goodness” (2 Peter1:3).
Thursday, February 5, 2009
I Need
A young child is going on and on, about what they need for a party, to their parent. The parent says “I want you to seriously consider, what it is you need for this party. Then we can talk.” The child goes away and returns with a list it reads:
Things I need for the sukcess of my party:
Jesus, Brothers’, house,
food, mom, dad, clothing, and love.
“Wow, this is all you need for the party,” amazingly says the parent. Yes, can I have it, can I have it, persistently says the child? “You already have it,” says the parent. The child runs around the house with joy chanting, “We are having a party!”
This setting captures my attention to me being a child of God asking for control over my temper or love, for one that hurt me. God replies “you have it, my child.”
I believe each time I feel, I am having a hard time defeating a temptation or controlling my emotions; God is speaking saying “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is” (John 3:2). The part that sticks out is “be like Him.” Because you are made in His image you have His character yet because you dwell in this world you also adopt ways of the world.
As Christians we have been given “his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires” (2 Peter1:4).
Have you considered your needs? What does your list look like? Perhaps you have postponed your list because of what you don’t have. Maybe you have sought something yet lack writing your list because it seems impossible.
God wants to talk with you but asks of you to seriously consider, what is needed. Pray to God to narrow your thoughts to only think of what is needed. Ask the Lord to give you wisdom to be content. Call upon the Father with a heart of thankfulness knowing you are blessed. For “the Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance”( 2 Peter 3:9).
This setting captures my attention to me being a child of God asking for control over my temper or love, for one that hurt me. God replies “you have it, my child.”
I believe each time I feel, I am having a hard time defeating a temptation or controlling my emotions; God is speaking saying “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is” (John 3:2). The part that sticks out is “be like Him.” Because you are made in His image you have His character yet because you dwell in this world you also adopt ways of the world.
As Christians we have been given “his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires” (2 Peter1:4).
Have you considered your needs? What does your list look like? Perhaps you have postponed your list because of what you don’t have. Maybe you have sought something yet lack writing your list because it seems impossible.
God wants to talk with you but asks of you to seriously consider, what is needed. Pray to God to narrow your thoughts to only think of what is needed. Ask the Lord to give you wisdom to be content. Call upon the Father with a heart of thankfulness knowing you are blessed. For “the Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance”( 2 Peter 3:9).
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Your Worth
A woman approaching over 40 years of age is without a husband. She desires a child yet can’t stand the thought of a husband. What is a husband, which you would desire the resources of the husband to have your desire met yet disregard the source to provide the resource.
A woman that has been married pleas to the Lord “if you would just give me one child Father, I will dedicate him back to you, Oh Lord. I am tired of being the laughing stock among all these people. My Lord, please open my womb so I may bear a child.” Her husband says to her, "am I not enough for you, my love." This woman continues in prayer for it is not her husband she is seeking but the Lord.
A woman well over her 50 talks with her husband because she can’t take it any more. They have all the wealth they could imagine but no child. She advises her husband to take another woman and lay with her so she may give him a child, “for I can not.”
All 3 of these women have something in common yet one stands out among them all. They are questioning their worth, as a woman. Eve was the first that questioned her worth and identity. Eve was made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26) yet lack seeing the power of His image in her.
Today, many people struggle with the concept of their true worth. Two of these women have not grasped that “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3).
The question is what do you need for life? To function daily, what do you need? It’s not the luxury dinner every night, is it? It’s not the position as a CEO of the company, is it? It’s not three houses with one in France, is it? It’s not all the name brand clothes and not one of them even having a symbol to represent me, to tell of me, is it? What do you need for survival?
Do you understand, what being godliness is? Eve struggled with her worth because of her lack of knowing the divine power of God. She focused more on the glory side of being as God that she failed to recognize, “if I spent more time seeking the Father I will know, I am more like Him than this serpent is saying.”
The serpent is still lurking among us today. In some form, the serpent visits us all. He visited the woman over 40 when she said “I don’t have a baby, I am no good. I am not much of a woman since I can't have what only women can deliver.” He attacked the woman over 50, deceiving her to believe, she needed to bring someone from the outside to make her a happy home. Yet when the enemy showed up at the woman’s house that cried, “I want a child.” She did not hold a conversation with the serpent. This woman went directly to the Father. She knew no one; not even her husband, could fulfill her worth but the Lord, so she pleaded, to the Father.
This trick has been going on far too long. It is happening to not only women yet men as well. People are neglecting seeking the Father they don’t know that Jesus abides in them.
This is a personal attack. I pray that you seek Him today. Say out loud, “Since I am like Him, my very character is like Him. I can pray my way out of temptation because Jesus showed me that. I can be grateful for what I have because with feeding the 5000 Jesus showed me that. I can be kind when I am being dragged through dirt by another because when Jesus hung high He showed me that. I can be gentle when others make false accusations about me because when Jesus picked up the cross He showed me that. I can forgive those that hurt me because the Lord, He showed me that.”
Perhaps you stare upon these words dismayed. Maybe you are saying I can’t do all that. However, I would like you to consider spending more time seeking the Father.
Not knowing who you are can cause a sane person to become insane. Not knowing your purpose can make a person anticipate the day they just leave this earth. Not knowing you have divine power can make you feel so little, so tiny that the very thing you were called to do diminishes because you lack being you.
Instead of focusing on what you don’t have, consider what you do have that you need for everyday life. Pray to the Father to help you be content in all He has provided you. Thank God for proving your needs. Ask the Lord to forgive you for being greedy, selfish wanting more and not being content. Call upon the Lord to help you personally know you can do all things through Christ that strengthens you. After all, when we find our self grateful of the little then the many shall follow.
A woman that has been married pleas to the Lord “if you would just give me one child Father, I will dedicate him back to you, Oh Lord. I am tired of being the laughing stock among all these people. My Lord, please open my womb so I may bear a child.” Her husband says to her, "am I not enough for you, my love." This woman continues in prayer for it is not her husband she is seeking but the Lord.
A woman well over her 50 talks with her husband because she can’t take it any more. They have all the wealth they could imagine but no child. She advises her husband to take another woman and lay with her so she may give him a child, “for I can not.”
All 3 of these women have something in common yet one stands out among them all. They are questioning their worth, as a woman. Eve was the first that questioned her worth and identity. Eve was made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26) yet lack seeing the power of His image in her.
Today, many people struggle with the concept of their true worth. Two of these women have not grasped that “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3).
The question is what do you need for life? To function daily, what do you need? It’s not the luxury dinner every night, is it? It’s not the position as a CEO of the company, is it? It’s not three houses with one in France, is it? It’s not all the name brand clothes and not one of them even having a symbol to represent me, to tell of me, is it? What do you need for survival?
Do you understand, what being godliness is? Eve struggled with her worth because of her lack of knowing the divine power of God. She focused more on the glory side of being as God that she failed to recognize, “if I spent more time seeking the Father I will know, I am more like Him than this serpent is saying.”
The serpent is still lurking among us today. In some form, the serpent visits us all. He visited the woman over 40 when she said “I don’t have a baby, I am no good. I am not much of a woman since I can't have what only women can deliver.” He attacked the woman over 50, deceiving her to believe, she needed to bring someone from the outside to make her a happy home. Yet when the enemy showed up at the woman’s house that cried, “I want a child.” She did not hold a conversation with the serpent. This woman went directly to the Father. She knew no one; not even her husband, could fulfill her worth but the Lord, so she pleaded, to the Father.
This trick has been going on far too long. It is happening to not only women yet men as well. People are neglecting seeking the Father they don’t know that Jesus abides in them.
This is a personal attack. I pray that you seek Him today. Say out loud, “Since I am like Him, my very character is like Him. I can pray my way out of temptation because Jesus showed me that. I can be grateful for what I have because with feeding the 5000 Jesus showed me that. I can be kind when I am being dragged through dirt by another because when Jesus hung high He showed me that. I can be gentle when others make false accusations about me because when Jesus picked up the cross He showed me that. I can forgive those that hurt me because the Lord, He showed me that.”
Perhaps you stare upon these words dismayed. Maybe you are saying I can’t do all that. However, I would like you to consider spending more time seeking the Father.
Not knowing who you are can cause a sane person to become insane. Not knowing your purpose can make a person anticipate the day they just leave this earth. Not knowing you have divine power can make you feel so little, so tiny that the very thing you were called to do diminishes because you lack being you.
Instead of focusing on what you don’t have, consider what you do have that you need for everyday life. Pray to the Father to help you be content in all He has provided you. Thank God for proving your needs. Ask the Lord to forgive you for being greedy, selfish wanting more and not being content. Call upon the Lord to help you personally know you can do all things through Christ that strengthens you. After all, when we find our self grateful of the little then the many shall follow.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Marvel With Him
I was drawing a pattern of hearts and my daughter came to me saying, “Mom will you show me how to draw hearts like that?" She collected her utensils and before she knew it, she was making her pattern of hearts. She amazes me for her willingness to do what she sees me do and also inspires me to do even more.
Thinking of her jogs my memory to Jesus explaining how "the Father loves the son and shows Him all the things that He does; and He will show Him a greater works than these, that you may marvel" (John15:20).
I think back to my daughter relating in her mind she asks me to demonstrate how to draw the hearts because she had already made up in her mind, "if my mom can do it so can I." She knew if I just showed her how it was done she would do a work which as a result, I would be amazed, as I am today.
Considering my child's relationship and the relationship of God's children I know it is the same. I believe we are to see Jesus and all the miraculous things He did and strive to do as He did. What I like about the scripture is it is saying to us, you can do what I do, for if I am in you and you in me, you can.
How do you respond when a child asks you to show them how to do something? Are you willing to be as the Father and show the child all the things ? Our Father loves you. He has greater works to show you. The Lord desires for you to teach the children, for they have greater works as well.
Make time to help another, especially the little ones. Is your child gathering utensils positioning them self to learn? Are you being the teacher you were called to be to your child? Perhaps you feel bombarded with life. Maybe you think it is not enough of you to share your self with your child or any other child.
Stop contemplating on you and narrow your thoughts to be consumed with the Spirit. Pray to God to fill you with the Spirit so you may look more as He. Ask God to forgive you for considering you first. Call upon the Lord to change your heart so you may dwell in peace with Him. For what you teach the little ones will cause you to marvel.
Thinking of her jogs my memory to Jesus explaining how "the Father loves the son and shows Him all the things that He does; and He will show Him a greater works than these, that you may marvel" (John15:20).
I think back to my daughter relating in her mind she asks me to demonstrate how to draw the hearts because she had already made up in her mind, "if my mom can do it so can I." She knew if I just showed her how it was done she would do a work which as a result, I would be amazed, as I am today.
Considering my child's relationship and the relationship of God's children I know it is the same. I believe we are to see Jesus and all the miraculous things He did and strive to do as He did. What I like about the scripture is it is saying to us, you can do what I do, for if I am in you and you in me, you can.
How do you respond when a child asks you to show them how to do something? Are you willing to be as the Father and show the child all the things ? Our Father loves you. He has greater works to show you. The Lord desires for you to teach the children, for they have greater works as well.
Make time to help another, especially the little ones. Is your child gathering utensils positioning them self to learn? Are you being the teacher you were called to be to your child? Perhaps you feel bombarded with life. Maybe you think it is not enough of you to share your self with your child or any other child.
Stop contemplating on you and narrow your thoughts to be consumed with the Spirit. Pray to God to fill you with the Spirit so you may look more as He. Ask God to forgive you for considering you first. Call upon the Lord to change your heart so you may dwell in peace with Him. For what you teach the little ones will cause you to marvel.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Without Him
For the past few days, I have been trying to wake up and work but my baby keeps waking up. The weather has been flip flopping, one day it is cool and windy, the next day it’s warm. It is affecting him causing him to be congested. So when he awakes he wants to be held to be close to feel peace, to feel protected. I hold him in my arms and rock him. I sing “Falling in love with Jesus, falling in love with Jesus, falling in love with Jesus is the best thing I ever done…” I place him close to my heart and peace falls over him, as he quietly falls asleep.
As I hold him, I think of Jesus wanting to be close to us. As a wife longs for her husband that works 9 to 5, Christ longs for us. As a husband desires to hear his wife’s voice, the father longs to hear from you.
I consider when I initially fell in love with Christ and needing Him was all I could think of. In the midst, of all my priorities, at times I forget and get congested with life and have a hard time functioning, as my child was having difficulty breathing. I stumble all because I forget to spend time with the Father.
My mind jogs its memory to Jesus explaining, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself” (John 5:19). “For without me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
When I fell in love with Jesus I wanted to be close to Him at all times. In His arms there is no doubt. In His arms He keeps me from insecurities. In His arms I am away from negativity. In His arms I am protected. In His arms is peace. In His arms I can breathe and be free, for there is no place I’d rather be.
Is your sensor of communication signaling; however, you move on. You slow down when there is a communication problem in your relationship with your spouse, perhaps you even pray about it. If your child is not listening, you can discern the communication problem, and call upon the Lord. You are aware when you speak to someone and they ignore you yet when Christ is speaking to you, you care not. You go on with your to do list and wonder why the day is so congested, pondering more time in the day and not time with the Father.
How do you start your day, is it with plans of work, plans of completing a task? The Father desires to spend time with you. You are asking more from Him and He is standing waiting for more of you. He knows your priorities asking “why isn’t He a priority”.
Consider changing your priorities to start your day off with Him. Allow time to thank Him. Allow time to praise Him. Allow you lifestyle to change with worship being a part of your day, throughout your day. Ask the Father to order your steps so you may follow. Pray to the Father to forgive you for neglecting to spend time with Him. Call upon the Lord to keep you in His arms, for with out Him you can do nothing.
As I hold him, I think of Jesus wanting to be close to us. As a wife longs for her husband that works 9 to 5, Christ longs for us. As a husband desires to hear his wife’s voice, the father longs to hear from you.
I consider when I initially fell in love with Christ and needing Him was all I could think of. In the midst, of all my priorities, at times I forget and get congested with life and have a hard time functioning, as my child was having difficulty breathing. I stumble all because I forget to spend time with the Father.
My mind jogs its memory to Jesus explaining, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself” (John 5:19). “For without me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
When I fell in love with Jesus I wanted to be close to Him at all times. In His arms there is no doubt. In His arms He keeps me from insecurities. In His arms I am away from negativity. In His arms I am protected. In His arms is peace. In His arms I can breathe and be free, for there is no place I’d rather be.
Is your sensor of communication signaling; however, you move on. You slow down when there is a communication problem in your relationship with your spouse, perhaps you even pray about it. If your child is not listening, you can discern the communication problem, and call upon the Lord. You are aware when you speak to someone and they ignore you yet when Christ is speaking to you, you care not. You go on with your to do list and wonder why the day is so congested, pondering more time in the day and not time with the Father.
How do you start your day, is it with plans of work, plans of completing a task? The Father desires to spend time with you. You are asking more from Him and He is standing waiting for more of you. He knows your priorities asking “why isn’t He a priority”.
Consider changing your priorities to start your day off with Him. Allow time to thank Him. Allow time to praise Him. Allow you lifestyle to change with worship being a part of your day, throughout your day. Ask the Father to order your steps so you may follow. Pray to the Father to forgive you for neglecting to spend time with Him. Call upon the Lord to keep you in His arms, for with out Him you can do nothing.
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