Do you ever stop and wonder what you stand for? I am going through this book with a friend called What Singles Need To Know About Sex and Dating by Laura B. Gallier. Her husband has shared this quote with her many times: Until you know what you stand for, you will fall for anything. That quote is so powerful that we had to repeat it and we thought it would be good to think about what that means to us. I thought it would be a neat challenge for all of us, so if you're up for it...take some time to consider it too.
When I think about who I am, I think about who I am to God. I'm His daughter and in His sight I am precious regardless of the things I have done in the past even up to now. Even though I mess up, God still sees me as clean. What a loving God I serve that He would see me in such a way! I already know the trouble of putting too much effort into what the world thinks. Where am I today? I am alive and for whatever reason, I believe God is going to use me somehow. You are here reading this blog and maybe God wants to speak to you through it and I pray you will leave encouraged. That again is my prayer for any blog I write. That God would use me to speak whatever it is He wants to speak through me. You are alive too. God has a purpose for you as well. How great a purpose God has for us and may we be willing servants that He may paint the picture of Christ in our lives so that others may taste and see just how good He is!
Our choices today are going to impact our lives tomorrow and even more so in the long run. We all are in such different places in our lives. Some of you may not know God and therefore aren't walking with Him, namely you don't have a relationship with Him. Some of you are backsliders who just don't care anymore and are going through life with the "Woe is me!" attitude because I get screwed over all the time. Some are professed believers who think they got it right, but still the truth needs to be made manifest to them and if that's you, deep down you know it, that something just isn't right. There are so many out there in different places but that doesn't change the love God has for each of us that He was willing to die on our behalf that we may receive eternal life. My prayer for each of you is that wherever you are at, you would allow God to speak to you. He wants to speak to you regardless, no matter where you are in life. Even if you are born-again and just happen to be in a sticky situation and are having a hard time digging your way out (That was me recently.) God will make things clear again and remove the fog. I'm getting out of the mind set that "I messed up so many times, what does is matter?" That is a lie Satan wants us to believe. It does matter. It matters to God and it should matter to me. His mercies are new every morning, and I want to walk in them! Everyday we make the choice whether or not we are going to obey and follow. Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift, that is why we called it the present. I love that quote! :o)
I make bad choices from time to time, don't we all? I am not proud of it. My desire is to do right and to do otherwise just isn't who I am. The battle is so strong and it will be hard. Wherever you are at though and if you happen to feel alone... you're not! There is someone else and many others that are in that very same place as you. After my latest downfall, God brought someone into my life who had recently gone through pretty much the same thing. I kept wondering how God would use this for His glory and then He brought this person to talk to me and it became clear when that person was thankful for having talked to me. He uses all things for the good of those who love Him and have been called according to His purpose. And He will do the same for you. Think about your life. Does it matter to you that things aren't going so well? I think for any believer, it does matter and we need to be willing to take the first step in admitting it. I think about God a lot, even though I do dumb things at times, my thoughts are still on Him. But know one thing, that His love for you and I will never change. Make today a day of change. A day to let Him take over and give you the life He so much desires for you to have. The world will never be able to offer what He can!
My prayer:
Lord God, I just thank You so much that You are so mindful of us that You would adopt us into Your family. My heart breaks when I think about those in my life who are hurting and are damaged because of the hurt of others and that of the world. I'm sorry Lord for those I have hurt. Help me to love them with Your heart. I pray for much protection upon all Your precious sons and daughters as they tread through this dark and deceitful world filled with lies. Open their eyes to see You for who You are (truth) and that Your desires would be placed in their hearts. Reveal Your fingerprints in our lives that we may recognize Your works. Help us to perceive the love You have for us in such a personal way and that we would be reminded of Your grace that has covered all our sins. Help us to turn to You this day and the many days that follow till the day of Your return. Remind us who we are, Your anointed, Your redeemed. In Your name, Jesus...amen!
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