The past few months I have been thinking about our life, how it has changed physically, emotionally, and most of all spiritually.
What I mean by that, I'm not sure I can put into words- totally- but, something happened this week that put a lot into perspective for me. Sometimes when circumstances in our lives dramatically change, we allow "changes" (maybe slips would be a better word) to come into our walk with the Lord. Justifying the little spiritual "slips", with arguments such as, "if only..." or "when this happens, then I'll...".
In my experience these small changes are not big, bad, ugly sins. The things that I am thinking about are just things we do or attitudes we have that feel comfortable to us, at the time. The downward trend is barely visible- and certainly "excusable".
Praise the Lord for the Holy Spirit! In His tremendous faithfulness, the Lord opens our eyes of understanding and points out our sin. We are faced with a choice to confess and repent, or hang on to our "comfort sins". (yes, I am thinking about something in particular :) )
This past week I was being burdened...is that just a nice way of saying convicted? This one little thing was really troubling me. You see, if I were to give up this "comfort sin", it would affect far more than just myself. It would affect 10 other people. My children. I wrestled with the Lord in prayer, asking if it was really that important of a matter. The thought He brought to me was this: "Do you want to wait to see what the consequence is, or would you rather obey the prompting of the Holy Spirit?" One problem I was facing, was that it seemed like there would be a this void- a sense of loss- (yeah, Rachaelle...it's called death to self!)
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:36
I gave the whole thing to the Lord and surrendered to what I knew He wanted of me. The things I feared, i.e., reaction from the children, a void to fill with something else- was totally unfounded! We serve a Merciful, Forgiving, Abundant Life Giving Savior! Lamentations 3:22-23 Within the next two days, the Lord showed Himself strong in my behalf in such special ways! Each touch from God was a LOUD confirmation that He is sufficient!
Is there something in your life that may be hindering your walk with our Lord and Savior?
He is worth any sacrifice.
II Chronicles 16:9a "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him."
