Psalm 32: 1-5
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me, my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.”
Are you “Somewhere in the middle?” “Somewhere between hot and cold? Somewhere between the new and the old? Somewhere between who I am and who I used to be? Somewhere in the middle you’ll find me?” Great lyrics…. Goes well with 2 Corinthians 5:17, … “ if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come.”
How can God fill us when we are somewhere in the middle of who He wants us to be? Not a total surrendered life to Him. We are to represent a new creation, not remain where we are. In our comfortable self. Being a follower of Christ is in no way comfortable. If anyone told you that they lied. Read the bible. Did Jesus look comfortable? Did his followers look comfortable? Yet there is comfort when you draw near to Him, remain in Him, in the darkest of circumstances. We need to rid ourselves of what needs to be surrendered, so God can finish His work in us, and our lives glorify (advertise), Who, and what God only can do in our lives. And this may not be a comfortable process.
We get frustrated with God for how long our troubles in our lives keep going. Yet we fail to see that the problem is sometimes our own self, The bad choices we make again and again. For me I can honestly say that some losses I have been through was my own foolish decisions. Yes, when we ask Jesus for forgiveness, He forgives our sin but not always the consequence of the sin.
So many things can trip our walk up with God. We know in our heart what they are. Ask God to help you see so you can move forward with Him. Galatians 5: 7, “You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?” I love that verse!!! Once you realize who keeps tripping you up, tell Satan he has no place in you. Get the hell behind you!! The God of heaven and earth is by your side.
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Kim
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