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Monday, July 12,
2010
A Time To Reflect
James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will
draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts,
ye double minded. (KJV)
Have you ever been in prayer over a
certain situation, and it seems like nothing is happening? Or maybe your
life seems like it is same O, same O, like walking a treadmill, you exhort
the effort but you are not moving forward. The Word says that all things
have become new to those in Christ, yet it seems “I am still stuck in the
old”. So then we plead with God, “if you would only let go and let me have
this request, I could move forward in my walk and I would be home free”.
But is it so much that we are waiting for God to let loose, or could it be
that He is just waiting on us to let go?
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD's hand is
not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear: (2) But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and
your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (KJV)
Maybe it’s time to rethink our request.
Maybe the snag in our walk is not on God’s end, but rather on ours; and our
Father’s response is a reflection of our own stubbornness of hanging on to
unhealthy things that He has asked of us to let go. Your walk, your life is
a mirror reflection of the spiritual; so if you don’t like what has
manifested on the outward, take a look inward to find the solution.
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 Wherefore come out
from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean thing; and I will receive you, (18) And will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (KJV)
When there is an outbreak of an
unhealthy, possibly fatal disease, the person infected is put into
quarantine. They are isolated and set apart so not to infect others. When
you associate with those people or groups that are unhealthy spiritually,
you also become quarantined from the Father. So it is not until you are
ready to take Father’s dose of what is needed that you will be let out of
the quarantine of the flesh you put yourself into, and continue on the path
of life and receive the answer to your prayers. You need to be a doer of
the Word and not a hearer only to be justified in His sight.
Psalms 62:7-8 In God is my salvation and
my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. (8) Trust in
him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a
refuge for us. Selah. (KJV)
I have found for my own self, that if I
come clean before God, pouring my heart out to Him, which by the way He
already sees the thoughts and intents of the heart, that God opens up to me
as well, and the relationship is strengthened. Rather than trying to hide
things from Him and pretend that they don’t exist, which is an area the
devil would like to keep us in, I ask for help to overcome these issues in
my walk that can hinder my relationship with God.
Psalms 32:3-5 When I kept silence, my
bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. (4) For day and night
thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of
summer. Selah. (5) I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have
I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou
forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (KJV)
Ever wonder what that roaring is inside
of you? The Bible says that the devil is like a roaring lion seeking those
he can devour. That roaring sound is the voice of the enemy telling you
that there is nothing wrong on your end but rather that it someone else’s
fault, and the more you try to justify yourself the louder that roar gets
trying to drown out the voice of truth that will restore peace and shut the
lions mouth.
John 10:14-15 I am the good shepherd, and
know my sheep, and am known of mine. (15) As the Father knoweth me, even so
know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. (KJV)
The Lord Himself makes an interesting
statement concerning His own relationship with the Father, one we too can
pattern our life after. How well known I am to the Father is based on how
well known I make myself to Him as well. Do I take the time each and every
day in prayer and in His word, making my walk in the Spirit a priority, or
am I just doing lip service? Am I truly being honest with the Father,
coming clean and admitting when I fall short so that He can show me how to
make the correction to keep us close? What kind of marriage would one have
if they never communicated with each other, or when they did they would
hold back and not be honest? All one needs to do is look around to see that
answer, which eventually is divorce. And for those of us that have
experienced the D word, it is not pleasant.
Psalms 84:11-12 For the LORD God is a sun
and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk uprightly. (12) O LORD of hosts, blessed is
the man that trusteth in thee. (KJV)
Have you ever had someone you could tell
anything to? Someone you could tell your deepest secrets to, things you
would never tell anyone else? Would not that person be someone you trusted,
someone you established a tight bond with? What about our Father, did you
know His ear is never too heavy to hear, in fact He is available 24-7, 365
days a year? Do you trust Him enough to open up to Him as well? If you do
He will open up to you in return. If you sense your life is being put on
hold, and you’re waiting for something to happen, being open and honest
with God is what will set you free and get you off the bench and back on
His field.
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