God has been calling me to a higher standard. I would say lately but the truth is he has been calling me to a higher standard for a long time. Why haven't I listened? Why haven't I responded? Every time it is something different. Maybe I just didn't feel like talking to the woman ahead of me in line today, what if I look like a fool? "Not today God, next time." Or "I'm just too tired today God, maybe tomorrow". The time of excuses is now over. I am ready to answer God's call but what does that look like? and what do I do? and how do I get past my own laziness and self-doubt to do what God asks of me?
Romans 12: 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.
So I am now on a journey, a journey to live the higher standard that God has called me to. Only with God and through God is this even possible. I have decided to blog about my journey with God and what I do and how God responds. Now mind you, I know nothing about writing a blog, I am not good at grammar or spelling so if you decide to follow me please understand it is not because of my love of writing but my love of God. I would love for any of you to join me and share your experiences also.
I plan to begin by spending the first hour of my day with God, that's it, just spending time. In prayer, in the word, worshiping, just me and God. I also plan to continue with my One Year Bible and any other devotion material that I feel is relevant for that day or that God may lead me to. I will try to blog each day and share what I feel God has put on my heart or if I am just struggling that day. Please join me on this Epic Journey!
Romans 13:11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
From the TD Jakes Bible, Woman Thou Art Loosed Edition
"Revival is more than a long meeting in a crowded church. People can meet for weeks and not experience revival. Revival occurs when that which was dead is brought back to life. It is the waking up of the cast down. You can have a revival in your spiritual life, your personal life. Just call on the Prince of Peace. His name is Jesus
He is the Prince who ignites what life has extinguished. His kiss can awaken the sleeping beauty. One kiss from him can restore every area of your life, both natural and supernatural. He is the One who can walk into a room and speak to the romance that the enemy is trying to kill. He says, "Damsel, arise!"
If you are in a catatonic state, it affects everyone with whom you are associated. They are waiting to see that there is another woman in you. She is neither timid nor afraid. She is not angry or insecure. She is whole. It is she who must be awakened. There is another woman in you, a gentler, softer, more loving, more giving woman who has been repressed by circumstances.
You need to be loosed and set free. There is another woman who has a key to your destiny. She is courageous and resilient, determined and assertive. The word awakens that which should have been awake and puts to sleep some of the issues that should have retired a long time ago. This is the announcement that your soul has been waiting for. This is the announcement that releases you from the long night of repression and guilt. This is the announcement that the nation will feel. It is the blaring sound of an alarm clock shaking with the intensity of its convictions.
To all you who almost overslept, to all of you who have shed tears and thought you'd missed your chance, to all of you who have ever felt that you were too deeply entrenched in sin, to the damsel whose hair has grayed and whose steps have faltered, to the college student whose willowy arms are full of books and whose heart is full of questions, to all lovely women, young and old, black and white, simply said, but firmly meant, Talitha cumi! "Arise, little darling." It is morning!"
Are you ready?? It's time to Arise!!
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