This weekend actually flew by less stressful than we expected. Thank you, Lord for your provisions! So to check in from Friday... Sick child = the doctor saying it could just be allergies. I don't really see anything wrong with him. YAY! Better safe than sorry. Birthday Parties = we only went to one of them. Huge church meeting = God is doing AMAZING things!!! Can not wait to be apart of them!
Life = refreshing.
Honestly, last night driving to small group there was an essence of bliss around it. We were rushing to get there but just the whole day as a whole felt blissful. We left margin in our day and life felt right all the way around. We are chalking it up to our listening to God revealing where we belong. Him revealing our "Promise Land" and our perspective to embrace the season we are in. Oh how freeing it is. How enough He is!
Today's Hello Mornings passage is about Peter. The passage was where Peter tells Jesus that no matter what in life he will always stand by him, and Jesus tells him "No, you will deny me 3x." I thought about how real Peter was. So confident and ready to spit out words that are hollow and just what he felt he should say. Even though his words were real and genuine he didn't have the strength to back them up. He was human. Even as a disciple he was human. I thought it was a perfect example for us that no matter where you are at with your walk with Christ, you are human. We talk bigger than we have strength for and feel so confident with all we think is coming for us we don't seek Christ for strength to make sure we are armed for what he has told us is coming.
"We got this, Lord."
"Watch how awesome I handle this."
"You are so wrong. I would never do that!"
Hello test... Hello big mouth and hollow words.
We let our self-confidence (when not backed up and armed for battle) fail us every time. I do! We think we have it all figured out and ready for all the Lord is warning us is coming and we listen half-heartily because we have it all figured out.
Even as one of Jesus' right hand men messed up like I do daily! I find comfort in that. I need to be slow to speak and I need to listen and prepare my heart for what the Lord tells me is coming up. Or not coming up for that matter. I need to be seeking him daily, falling at feet saying I don't have an ounce of this without your help. I don't want to be denying him at any moment and I want to be guarded against times like Peter faced so when the time comes I can stand tall and ready.
Thankful to know that when I do fall exactly how God says I will due to my self arrogance he will forgive me when I come crying back to him asking forgiveness and help. Just like he forgave Peter.
I want to be slow to speak and to make sure I have sought the Lord in all I open my mouth to say. To make sure I am in saying words in ignorance.
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