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Monday, November
5, 2007
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 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 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 He has asked us to let go
of. 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 try and hide things from Him, and pretend 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 you? The Bible says 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
someone else’s fault, and the more you try and justify yourself, the louder
that roar gets to try and 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
too 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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