This week I've started my annual consecration and fasting time. I make it a practice every January to fast, pray, and seek the Lord about the upcoming year. I have found it to really help me to cleanse my mind, body, and focus my spirit to what God has for me.
I would like to encourage you to take some time to God before the Lord as well. Take some serious time to sit down with the Lord and really hear what He would like to share with you. Use this time to listen. You may have your requests, issues, and concerns - and God knows that. But take some extra time just to hear from Him.
When we quiet down ourselves, turn off or own dialogue, and get still before God, He is free to unleash His all-knowing wisdom on us. He is able to share with us His secrets, His desires, and His insights. God is just waiting for us to get before Him and allow Him the floor to speak to us.
So, today find some quiet time. Get still before God and let Him speak to you. Let Him share with you His plans for your life. Let Him reveal the next steps He wants you to take on your journey.
He may not address your current issues, requests, or even your desires... But, you can trust that whatever the Lord reveals to you now is far more important than anything you may have on your agenda.
Verse of the Day: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3
Thank you for this. How do we do this while also letting God know what we want? I know it's not about us, it's about him. But it's so hard when God places such strong desires in hearts? Any advice here?
ReplyDeleteFor me, I take different times to pray and talk with God. I have time where I sit and talk to God about what I want and see what He has to say about those things. And then there are other times where I just worship the Lord and allow Him to minister to me. And then there are times where I don't have an agenda and just simply ask God what He would like to reveal to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's like any healthy relationship. We don't always go to our loved ones or those close to us with our list of demands and requests. We don't always go to them expecting them just to go with what we have planned or what we want to do. There are times where we have serious talks about things going on in our lives and ask their advice, ther are times where we just hang out together and enjoy being with each other, and there are times when the other person comes to us and wants us to listen to what's on their hearts.
I look at my relationship with the Lord in a similar light. It's so easy to get caught up with coming to the Lord with what's bothering us, what issues and questions we want Him to answer, and other things on our hearts. We come to Him with those things because we know He can answer and handle them. And He loves us enough to take care of those things. But, I also know that because He is God, it is important that we allow Him time to just share with us what He has on His mind concerning us. So often, I've gotten before Him just to listen, and He has spoken things to me that weren't even on my radar! He's an all-knowing God who wants a personal relationship with us - it's our privilege to take advantage of what's on His mind!
Thanks for the question, Connie!