" God, If we could just agree on this situation.. everything would be PERFECT."
Then God responds to you with :
" We do not have to agree on this situation.. I am in control and I know what is PERFECT!"
Yeah...slap in the face...kind of hurts a bit right? But it is TRUTH!
Why do we ALWAYS want to compromise with God? We think that our lives would just be so perfect if He would just do WHAT we want WHEN we want and HOW we want. But.. God knows better.. He knows that if He left our lives in our hands.. we would be EVEN MORE of a hot mess then we already are!
So why do we INSIST on even trying to do it our way? We throw temper tantrums with God ..we cry.. we get sad.. we sometimes even give Him the silent treatment when we don't get our way. But no matter how crazy we act.. God isn't stuntin' us because at the end of the day.. He is STILL God.
This compromise game we play with God can get us into a big mess and take us out of the will of God .. We see it in the bible..A LOT.. a great example is Abraham and Sarah's story told in Genesis where God promised Abraham (Abram) He would have sons of many nations...BUT he was married to Sarah(Sarai) who could not have children.. so they decided to try and take the situation into their own hands..
Genesis 16:1-6
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservantnamed Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." Abram agreed to what Sarai said.3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me." 6 "Your servant is in your hands," Abram said. "Do with her whatever you think best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
See how AFTER they stepped outside of God's will for their life.. FLESH began to creep in. * Side Note: If God has given you a promise and you are living in His will.. and HE fulfills that promise to you.. a good way to know for sure if God fulfilled that promise or if you made it up in your head is to ask yourself this : "Do I feel like this was a good step for me" Because God won't have you make ANY steps that are not for your good.. and also ask yourself "Did this promise glorify God and who He is..?" God's promises for your life are ALL for His glory.. so if you can't see God getting that glory.. chances are it was not from Him. :)
Sarah became upset that she LET her servant sleep with her husband.. ( I am sorry.. BUT stepping outside of MARRIAGE is TOTALLY not from God... lol) . Her flesh became jealous and things became chaotic..God is not a God of chaos and confusion.. REMEMBER THAT!.. God never said no craziness like " Go sleep with Hagar and ya'll will have a family." That was NEVER His plan!
Stepping outside of God's will is DANGEROUS!!!!!! It can be the difference of LIFE and DEATH .. literally.. it gets that deep! God knows what is perfect for us.. He has our lives mapped out JUST the way He would love for them to go. He has you on a blueprint and all you have to do is communicate with Him and follow it. Will your life be PERFECT??? NO! NEVER.. we have a TRUE enemy who wants nothing more then to see us fail at God's plan! He will do everything to distract you and take you off track. But PRAISE GOD for grace and mercy because if you get off track.. He will direct your steps back! Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heat and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
So what does it take to stay in God's will ??!????
* Talk to Him daily- Make sure you are in constant communication with the creator... The holy spirit is AWESOME about giving us discernment.. ask God what His will for your life is... check the passions He instilled in you ( New blog about that in the works) and make sure whatever it is .. that it glorifies Him!
*Get in your WORD- make sure you know what God has envisioned for His people... it is ALL written in that amazing 66 book love letter He gave us
*Fast and Pray- Fast and pray on things God has promised you! That is a time for you to hear Him even more clearly and chances are.. in that time He will give you tons of specifics for your life!
*Focus on the CROSS- Make sure you are focusing on the cross daily. Make sure Jesus is Lord of your life and that you FULLY submit to Him and His authority!
A really awesome devotional I have been doing with our young adults ministry at church is called " The Dare" by Josh Mayo .. He said so many things SOOO perfectly in this book but one that REALLY stood out to me was this :
" So what is " the cross" in our daily lives? I think " the cross" is where your will and God's will sometimes CROSS! Every day all of us have "decision points." Our human nature wants to go in one direction, but in our gut , we know Jesus wants us to do something different. Whatever it is.. Your will and God's will CROSS! You have to decide if you will "deny yourself" and let Christ be LORD (Boss) of your life, or whether you're going to keep calling the shots."
- Josh Mayo " The Dare"
This was my " LIGHTBULB" moment! DUH ! We have to let Jesus be the Boss! He calls our shots.. NOT us! So I have to chose to be a good " employee" or be the kind of employee who doesn't listen and messes up because I want to do the work MY WAY. NO THANKS.. those employees get fired and lose money :)
We have to STAY in God's PERFECT will for our lives...ALWAYS.. if not.. we are running down a very DANGEROUS path!
You make the choice... I know I have made mine !
God ADORES you..and He is SO in love with YOU...
Nicole L.
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