We've been talking this week at my church about ensuring that our lives are built strong - on solid ground/foundation and with the strongest materials - ensuring our lives are founded on God's word and centered on that...
As I was praying this morning and trying to center my life on God, I thought about the fact that each morning, my devotions are just that - a time to try to center that day correctly, to center my whole focus on God so that as I go forward during the day, that basis I established in the morning will guide me through...
Some days I follow through well; others, not so much! Those days that are not so good made me reflect and really ask myself the key questions we discussed at Church:
Who am I listening to?
Who am I following?
Who do I trust?
Basically, what is my real foundation - what are my real goals for life? I know what I say they are -but am I living that?
Hmmm.... The answer to that last question comes to me very quickly - I don't think I am really living it! If I were, why am I so dissatisfied with things about myself?
There's so much I know I want to see changed in my life, and I don't mean things outside of me - things inside of me! I pray about it, but am I opening my heart to God's work to transform me - am I letting go of the wheel - or am I fighting Him?
Who am I really following? God - or the material world? Am I really motivated by God or am I motivated by stuff...
Do I show God's love and power to others around me or do people see someone just after the same stuff they all are - nothing new, nothing different; just one of the same!
Every year, people usually make New Year Resolutions. They take some time to analyse the past and plan and prepare for the new! Businesses also have planning time - time to reassess the past, see what has been working, what hasn't and plan how to go forward!
Being a Christian is very challenging, because I think as a Christian, your reassessment and planning needs to happen each day and needs to be vested in God's word...
Each day, one day at a time, we need to take time each morning to review how we served or how we failed our Lord the day before...
We need to plan and prepare how we must go forward that new day - and we need to PRAY with our whole hearts to God for His strength and His power to take charge in our life that day - and then, we need to let go and let God!!!
As I was praying this morning and trying to center my life on God, I thought about the fact that each morning, my devotions are just that - a time to try to center that day correctly, to center my whole focus on God so that as I go forward during the day, that basis I established in the morning will guide me through...
Some days I follow through well; others, not so much! Those days that are not so good made me reflect and really ask myself the key questions we discussed at Church:
Who am I listening to?
Who am I following?
Who do I trust?
Basically, what is my real foundation - what are my real goals for life? I know what I say they are -but am I living that?
Hmmm.... The answer to that last question comes to me very quickly - I don't think I am really living it! If I were, why am I so dissatisfied with things about myself?
There's so much I know I want to see changed in my life, and I don't mean things outside of me - things inside of me! I pray about it, but am I opening my heart to God's work to transform me - am I letting go of the wheel - or am I fighting Him?
Who am I really following? God - or the material world? Am I really motivated by God or am I motivated by stuff...
Do I show God's love and power to others around me or do people see someone just after the same stuff they all are - nothing new, nothing different; just one of the same!
Every year, people usually make New Year Resolutions. They take some time to analyse the past and plan and prepare for the new! Businesses also have planning time - time to reassess the past, see what has been working, what hasn't and plan how to go forward!
Being a Christian is very challenging, because I think as a Christian, your reassessment and planning needs to happen each day and needs to be vested in God's word...
Each day, one day at a time, we need to take time each morning to review how we served or how we failed our Lord the day before...
We need to plan and prepare how we must go forward that new day - and we need to PRAY with our whole hearts to God for His strength and His power to take charge in our life that day - and then, we need to let go and let God!!!
"Father, I know I fail you constantly... I know I want so badly to be a good steward and to really live a life centred completely and wholly on You!!!
Some days I do okay Lord, but I have a long way to go to let go so that You can transform me and use me for your kingdom and for your glory!
Today, Lord, please help me to let go of the wheel! Take charge today Father - transform me, melt me, mold me and use me to share Your love to each person I come into contact with...
Guide me in every situation so that everything I do is Your will and is pleasing to You...
In Jesus' precious name, I pray...
Thank You Lord, for this day!"
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