I've done a poor job lately of going to God. My goal is to spend power time in God's Word, in prayer, and in praise every single day. I haven't been doing it and I can feel my spirit weakening. I can feel my flesh and lusts growing.
Today I came to God in prayer. I started slow and scattered. In frustration and angst I cried out and asked God what to do. Without a moment of hesitation I heard His response: "Read My Word."
I opened my Bible to where it was ribbon-marked: Proverbs 18. Then I went to read where I had left off in the New Testament: John 5.
After reading I started praying and asking God to renew my mind and spirit. As I was praying I felt Him say, "Shut up and listen!" I did.
The first thing He spoke to me was "My Word." That's it. My mind started wandering and chasing. Again He said, "Shut up!" Then He finished:
"My Word. My Life. My Purpose."
I've had so many plans lately and a few failures. I've prayed fervently over some of them and they failed anyways. I've begun lately to question God and lose an amount of faith because He told me to speak to the mountain and I did ... but it didn't move. Today He stopped me in my tracks:
"My Word"
It begins here: God's Word. Power, knowledge, truth, conviction, comfort, wisdom.
"My Life"
I'm on borrowed time. I died to myself and now it is not my life but His. I am not my own.
"My Purpose"
I can have all the plans I want but it is the purpose of God that will stand (Proverbs 19:21). The plans I have that are outside His will ... thank God He makes them fail. Otherwise, I'd waste my life chasing rabbits.
