Psalms 86: 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. 12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.13 For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
How many of us are truly walking in the path God has chosen for our lives? I know that in the past I have rarely walked in it... God's path is scary... it is embarrassing sometimes... what I mean by that is that He will have us do crazy and embarrassing things... like just walk up to someone and say something... or even if it is just to walk in faith... we don't like to look crazy... we like to look like everyone else... yet the bible tells us that we are to be set apart and separated from the world... but separated and set apart is hard sometimes... it is lonely... it is scary...
so how often have you walked up to someone and said what God told you to say? how often have you walked up to someone and done what God told you to do? even if it is just to hug a stranger... or say may the peace of God walk with you... how often are we really obedient to what God tells us to do?
I can tell you in honesty that I walk in the path of God to the best of my ability now, even though I often look crazy... I have always had the ability to know what is going to happen... even as a child... but I never really understood exactly what this meant in the kingdom of God... in the flesh I thought I was just outstandingly smart... and I will also admit that I have pimped my gifts... people have asked me questions and I would answer and they would use the answers to bet on things and win money... I have this odd gift.. I don't know what someone would call it, but I draw people to me... and I have used that gift to get what I wanted sometimes... I have used the gift of bible knowledge to get people to see things my way because I can give you scripture for almost any given situation... but now... living in the will of God fully... I find that being able to know what will happen is prophecy... (what a scary word... denied that for a long time...) I still don't know what the gift of drawing people in is called, but I know that it is to be used to bring people to Christ... I know that the bible knowledge is to be used to get people to see the will of God, not the will of Susan... to be able to walk upright and righteous...
Ephesians 4: 1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
I urge all of us... walk worthy of the calling of God upon your life... walk upright... walk in holiness... let God not be ashamed of us... I want to hear God say to me... well done my good and faithful servant....
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