I don’t plan to tell you to start exercising, eating
healthier, and organizing your life. You’ll need to go to another blog to get
that message today. While being inundated with articles and
advertisements about how to ‘fix’ myself, God whispered a gentle truth into my
heart.
Live
Passionately
What are you passionate about? Is there an issue, a
people group, or a problem that captures your focus time and time again? My
passion is helping women see their value to God. He has laid them on my heart
because He wants me to speak His truth into their lives. Your passion is
probably different than mine, but do you know what it is?
God is passionate too. You and I capture His
attention over and over again. Sometimes He corrects our behavior, redirects
our path, or rewards our obedience. He is always pouring out His love on us,
one way or another. He is so passionate about us that He sent His son to die
for our sins just so we can spend eternity with Him. That’s an overwhelming
passion!
Live
Purposefully
I have a friend who intentionally tries to be “in
the moment.” She disciplines herself to slow down and enjoy what she is doing
right now instead of running several steps ahead like the rest of us. That’s great
advice! A slower pace and more narrow focus allow us to remember what our true
purpose is.
But what is our purpose? What are we supposed to be
focused on? God teaches that our purpose is to glorify Him. He gives us
specific people and situations for each of us to magnify Him through. The
people you’re called to love on are different from mine. But neither group is
more important than the other. When we glorify God through our thoughts and
actions, together we expand His kingdom.
Live
Prayerfully
It’s fine for me to say all of this, but if we’re
not covering ourselves in prayer none of it will matter. God directs our paths
and equips us to do what He has planned. When we spend one on one time with Him,
He reveals truth to our hearts and grows us deeper. Praying for ourselves and
for others ultimately glorifies Him because we acknowledge He is sovereign.
Prayer is a conversation between our heart and God’s.
We may not always hear Him speak, but He is always listening. He longs for us
to come to Him with everything, not to check off some list of wants and needs,
but to lay our lives at His feet. When we pray, we submit ourselves to God’s
will. We’re saying, “Lord this may be what I want, but I want You more than
anything!”
So as you busy yourself with resolutions of a
creating a newer you, consider how your life would improve with some passion,
purpose, and prayer.
Be blessed,
Jennifer
“No
eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for
those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
2 comments:
Great message! That is a good reminder now stuck in my brain and that just made it easier to remind me how to get out of that position fast. Just unclog the drain. Bless you
Thanks Bill, I'm glad to hear the visual helped! ;)
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