The truths that God teaches us is always applicable. It is never just for that time.
I was reminded of His truth in a verse yesterday that I had learned years ago. My temptation is to overlook scripture like that because I already know it. The Holy Spirit had to remind me that I must always be ready to embrace what God is saying now, even if it is scripture or truth I already knew.
Always walk in obedience to God's leading, even if you feel it is beneath you.
Have an awesome week.
Monday, September 26, 2016
Always Applicable
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Acknowledge God
Lord I trust in You with all my heart and refuse to lean on my own understanding. In all my ways I will acknowledge You and You have been, and will continue to direct my paths.
I have become confident of this as I see God keeps His word over and over again. Once I acknowledge Him, and cry out to Him, He directs my path without any hesitation.
I can never stop acknowledging Him. I trust Him completely.
Open up your heart to Him. He wants to direct you too. Have a great week and safe 21st September.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Keeping On
This week proved to be a busy one also. I continued to see God just take me step by step to get done each thing that I had to do. Even with the surprises that always force you to rearrange your schedule.
At the end of the day, with God in control and me just simply obeying Him, I accomplish a perfect balance between relationship and what I have to do.
Proverbs 3:5&6 proves true again. I encourage you to read it and make it your life MO.
Have a blessed, safe and awesome weekend.
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Every Little Area
I know I promised to be short, but I just had to share God's faithfulness. Be blessed.
Last week has been an incredibly busy week. I had the privilege to attend an OCC nConnect conference in Belize. Awesome speakers from around the Caribbean and the US taught on topics like conflict resolution, personal life of a leader, and coaching. These are things that every leader needs to hear from time to time. I wasn't unfamiliar with the topics, just that God will always have an area He wants to mold me and teach me with truths that I hear. He was faithful to minister to me and shape me even more into who He wants me to be.
The part that was amazing for me was viewing God's faithfulness in helping me to get ready for the few days away from my family and responsibilities. That started to unfold from last weekend, when I realized that I had a lot of stuff to accomplished before I left. I was starting to get overwhelmed. I didn't see it happening at all, and I couldn't even begin to try and figure out a way forward. Then I started to feel a bit stress out which came with temptations of who to blame. All that happened in a few minutes, and through that whole dark thought process, I was able to hear God's voice inviting me to trust Him with forming a schedule that will work for me. My first thoughts were, "really! You, God will show me a schedule?" His response caught me off guard; "You won't see the schedule, Just trust Me as to what to do first, second and so on, and you will see it all get done." Thinking back to times when He has kept His word, it was not hard to let go and trust Him.
So....I did.....I let go. He showed me what to do first and I did that and completed it. Then the second, .... He also navigated me with the things that I had to get done alongside these major projects. The peace I felt was and still is indescribable. God really did it. I always knew He was able, but to see Him navigate me through my schedule that I see myself as responsible for was humbling and amazing. He cares about every detail of my life. His invitation to abide in Him extends to every area of my life, every day of my life. I was able to leave to the conference knowing that I accomplished what I needed to so my family functioned without me.
God cares about all of your life also. Let Him lead you and teach you.
Last week has been an incredibly busy week. I had the privilege to attend an OCC nConnect conference in Belize. Awesome speakers from around the Caribbean and the US taught on topics like conflict resolution, personal life of a leader, and coaching. These are things that every leader needs to hear from time to time. I wasn't unfamiliar with the topics, just that God will always have an area He wants to mold me and teach me with truths that I hear. He was faithful to minister to me and shape me even more into who He wants me to be.
The part that was amazing for me was viewing God's faithfulness in helping me to get ready for the few days away from my family and responsibilities. That started to unfold from last weekend, when I realized that I had a lot of stuff to accomplished before I left. I was starting to get overwhelmed. I didn't see it happening at all, and I couldn't even begin to try and figure out a way forward. Then I started to feel a bit stress out which came with temptations of who to blame. All that happened in a few minutes, and through that whole dark thought process, I was able to hear God's voice inviting me to trust Him with forming a schedule that will work for me. My first thoughts were, "really! You, God will show me a schedule?" His response caught me off guard; "You won't see the schedule, Just trust Me as to what to do first, second and so on, and you will see it all get done." Thinking back to times when He has kept His word, it was not hard to let go and trust Him.
So....I did.....I let go. He showed me what to do first and I did that and completed it. Then the second, .... He also navigated me with the things that I had to get done alongside these major projects. The peace I felt was and still is indescribable. God really did it. I always knew He was able, but to see Him navigate me through my schedule that I see myself as responsible for was humbling and amazing. He cares about every detail of my life. His invitation to abide in Him extends to every area of my life, every day of my life. I was able to leave to the conference knowing that I accomplished what I needed to so my family functioned without me.
God cares about all of your life also. Let Him lead you and teach you.
Friday, September 2, 2016
God Provides!
When I was a child and going to Sunday School, I learned this song from my mom:
Consider the lilies
They don't toil nor spin
They bask in God's sunshine
They drink in God's rain
If God cares for them in such marvelous ways
How much more, how much more, how much more
Will He care for you/me and provide every need every day
Nowadays, remembering and singing that song only brings back memories of her always encouraging me to trust God.
Matthew 6: 25-34 explains why we, as children of God, have no need to worry and fret over what we need. I have been learning the delicate balance between being a responsible adult and trusting God completely. I thought for years that the two opposed each other. I am learning to do both by God's grace.
When I first realized that I didn't fully trust God in some areas of my life, I was shocked and appalled at myself. Why? Well, I considered myself an exemplary Christian. Self-righteousness right! One of my main weakness. I thank God for His grace.
I believed in Christ when I repented and gave my heart and life to Him. I trusted Him to save me. I also believed in Christ to keep me focused spiritually. But, He showed me that I was lacking in belief when it comes to my daily life, like financial provision, and relationships. This was already a big blow for me to find that out about myself, and now I must change my thinking to stay obedient to God; to stay yoked with Him; to keep abiding in Him.
Verse 33 sums it up well, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" Since I don't want to be long in each post, I will explore this verse more in my next post.
I invite you to open up your heart to God and ask Him to teach you how to obey what He told us in these verses, especially verse 33.
Have a great weekend. Be safe. Be quick to forgive.
Consider the lilies
They don't toil nor spin
They bask in God's sunshine
They drink in God's rain
If God cares for them in such marvelous ways
How much more, how much more, how much more
Will He care for you/me and provide every need every day
Nowadays, remembering and singing that song only brings back memories of her always encouraging me to trust God.
Matthew 6: 25-34 explains why we, as children of God, have no need to worry and fret over what we need. I have been learning the delicate balance between being a responsible adult and trusting God completely. I thought for years that the two opposed each other. I am learning to do both by God's grace.
When I first realized that I didn't fully trust God in some areas of my life, I was shocked and appalled at myself. Why? Well, I considered myself an exemplary Christian. Self-righteousness right! One of my main weakness. I thank God for His grace.
I believed in Christ when I repented and gave my heart and life to Him. I trusted Him to save me. I also believed in Christ to keep me focused spiritually. But, He showed me that I was lacking in belief when it comes to my daily life, like financial provision, and relationships. This was already a big blow for me to find that out about myself, and now I must change my thinking to stay obedient to God; to stay yoked with Him; to keep abiding in Him.
Verse 33 sums it up well, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" Since I don't want to be long in each post, I will explore this verse more in my next post.
I invite you to open up your heart to God and ask Him to teach you how to obey what He told us in these verses, especially verse 33.
Have a great weekend. Be safe. Be quick to forgive.
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