Exodus 14 :14
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Being still. Being at peace. Could be one of the hardest thing to do in this instantaneous age. I want everything to happen in a flash. Everything to be conjured up according to how I want it, everything to go just as I planned it to be. Sounds familiar? Haha, maybe not to you. But. This is the very thing that I struggled with.
I can't be still. I can't. I always do something just to be a tad nearer to what I want it to be. Being impatient, I've always wanted instant joy. Instant results. Instant whatever. This verse, kinda spoke to me.
It's like everything has its own time. There are times that you act, there are times that you withhold. I've never really know what it means to withhold. I think it's similar to taking medicine when you're sick? You take it every 8 hours. So, at 12pm you take your med. And all the way until 8pm you can only wait and rest for the medicine to do its job within you. To heal you, and to make you better. So it's the same thing when it comes to our spiritual walk, sometimes we take the medicine - the Word of God. Then we plan our next action, our next move. Then, we have to wait for God's hands to move within the situation to see what He can do in us.
But many times, I'm like. Okay God. This is where I'm wrong. I know I've failed. So I made necessary changes, but I've never waited long enough for the full extent of this exchange to be manifested. So, I changed, kinda... Cuz I forgot to wait upon the Lord. I seek the Lord, yeah like I talk to God about my troubles, I rant and rant and rant. But I forgot to hear what He has to say.
Sometimes, I think I let myself talk abit too much in this man-God relationship. Sorry. I need to learn how to be still. I need to learn when to talk, when to listen, when to let it go, when to pray, when to seek, when to sit still and just intercede. It's really hard sometimes.
"You just have to play your part, liting. Do the things within your circle of influence to your best. Worry about nothing else. Because I am your God."
And as what Pastor Dennis say, to obtain a different result. You need a different attitude. And I think I know this feeling best. For the many times I struggled with leaving home, what really stopped me from doing so wasn't the extent of the quarrel. Oh like this time not that bad, so I'm staying.. No, it's not like that. It's more of how I'm convicted I don't want to do it and why I'm staying......
Taken from ODB today, it says, "We need more than a new start— we need a new heart."
Actions can be changed overnight. But, the problem will keep coming back if the heart is not changed. I need to change my heart. To one that is God-driven. I'm learning how to let go. I'm learning to trust. I'm learning how to let God fight for me. I'm learning how to stop playing God in my own life. It's tiring to play two roles, just let the Almighty take over.
You are the one that command Heaven and Earth. Who am I, to go against Your plans for me. And since it's planned, I shall worry no more. I shall take it that I've lost everything that I've been thinking of. Let me start from zero again. And keep me here, God. I don't want to slip away....
I can't be still. I can't. I always do something just to be a tad nearer to what I want it to be. Being impatient, I've always wanted instant joy. Instant results. Instant whatever. This verse, kinda spoke to me.
It's like everything has its own time. There are times that you act, there are times that you withhold. I've never really know what it means to withhold. I think it's similar to taking medicine when you're sick? You take it every 8 hours. So, at 12pm you take your med. And all the way until 8pm you can only wait and rest for the medicine to do its job within you. To heal you, and to make you better. So it's the same thing when it comes to our spiritual walk, sometimes we take the medicine - the Word of God. Then we plan our next action, our next move. Then, we have to wait for God's hands to move within the situation to see what He can do in us.
But many times, I'm like. Okay God. This is where I'm wrong. I know I've failed. So I made necessary changes, but I've never waited long enough for the full extent of this exchange to be manifested. So, I changed, kinda... Cuz I forgot to wait upon the Lord. I seek the Lord, yeah like I talk to God about my troubles, I rant and rant and rant. But I forgot to hear what He has to say.
Sometimes, I think I let myself talk abit too much in this man-God relationship. Sorry. I need to learn how to be still. I need to learn when to talk, when to listen, when to let it go, when to pray, when to seek, when to sit still and just intercede. It's really hard sometimes.
"You just have to play your part, liting. Do the things within your circle of influence to your best. Worry about nothing else. Because I am your God."
And as what Pastor Dennis say, to obtain a different result. You need a different attitude. And I think I know this feeling best. For the many times I struggled with leaving home, what really stopped me from doing so wasn't the extent of the quarrel. Oh like this time not that bad, so I'm staying.. No, it's not like that. It's more of how I'm convicted I don't want to do it and why I'm staying......
Taken from ODB today, it says, "We need more than a new start— we need a new heart."
Actions can be changed overnight. But, the problem will keep coming back if the heart is not changed. I need to change my heart. To one that is God-driven. I'm learning how to let go. I'm learning to trust. I'm learning how to let God fight for me. I'm learning how to stop playing God in my own life. It's tiring to play two roles, just let the Almighty take over.
You are the one that command Heaven and Earth. Who am I, to go against Your plans for me. And since it's planned, I shall worry no more. I shall take it that I've lost everything that I've been thinking of. Let me start from zero again. And keep me here, God. I don't want to slip away....