I had the most amazing quiet time with the Lord yesterday morning and I just now FINALLY got a chance to set a write about it...whether anyone every reads this or not I want to write these because I know there will come a day that I will need to be reminded of this lesson the Lord is teaching me...
I started a new study last week called "Stuck" by Jennie Allen. I was working on it yesterday and I came to a question..."Do you love God?' and I answered yes because that is true I do love Him...however, I could hear Him as clear as day whispering in my ear...yes I know you do...but Lori, do you TRUST Me? I don't know if I've ever really thought that out or walked that out...I was dumb founded that God would speak so clearly to me and scared to answer the question really...you know? Because...if I were honest probably not in all areas of my life...then the most amazing thing happened...I turned the page in my workbook and this is a portion of what I found...
...and in asking us to do this, God is asking us...
DO YOU TRUST ME?....(do you think He was getting my attention...if He didn't have my full attention on page 43 He FOR SURE had it now on page 44...)
Do you trust Me when I ask you to step out on a limb?
Do you trust Me when what I'm asking cost you something?
Do you trust Me when obeying Me is excruciating?
I've taught over the years...do we let God have access to all areas of our lives...the hidden places...where we hid our sin we want to hang on to, or we choose to hang on to...or the room that is our special place...and if you lived my life...you'd think I deserved that place too...just to let your hair down...relax...again we deserve it...
But what God spoke to my heart yesterday was more than that...the first thing that came to my mind was Scott and my family...God asking me do you trust Me with them...believe that I know what is best for them and I've only loaned them to you...
You understand that by saying I trust Him...that means no matter what happens...I will trust Him...do I...can I...
well...I believe I can...I want to...I will choose to walk this trust thing out...learning each day to trust Him more and more...Don't get me wrong, there are areas in my live that I already do TRUST HIM!!!...but there are other areas that I want to keep a tight hold on and say...Lord it's Ok...we're good...He doesn't desire that...He doesn't deserve that...
Jesus said that He came to give life and to give it abundantly in John 10:10...I will never experience this abundant life Jesus came to give to ME...if I don't trust Him with everything in my life and all OF my life...so today is a fresh new day...as I begin a journey of Trust...
I think maybe I'll be humming this song today...
Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus...
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know "Thus saith the Lord"
Chorus:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more!
O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
Just in simple faith to plunge me
"Neath the healing, cleansing flood!
Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.
I'm so glad I learned to trust Him,
Precious Jesus, saviour, friend;
And I know that He is with me,
Will be with me to the end.
I pray you learn to trust Him as well! What an amazingly mightly God we serve!
I started a new study last week called "Stuck" by Jennie Allen. I was working on it yesterday and I came to a question..."Do you love God?' and I answered yes because that is true I do love Him...however, I could hear Him as clear as day whispering in my ear...yes I know you do...but Lori, do you TRUST Me? I don't know if I've ever really thought that out or walked that out...I was dumb founded that God would speak so clearly to me and scared to answer the question really...you know? Because...if I were honest probably not in all areas of my life...then the most amazing thing happened...I turned the page in my workbook and this is a portion of what I found...
...and in asking us to do this, God is asking us...
DO YOU TRUST ME?....(do you think He was getting my attention...if He didn't have my full attention on page 43 He FOR SURE had it now on page 44...)
Do you trust Me when I ask you to step out on a limb?
Do you trust Me when what I'm asking cost you something?
Do you trust Me when obeying Me is excruciating?
I've taught over the years...do we let God have access to all areas of our lives...the hidden places...where we hid our sin we want to hang on to, or we choose to hang on to...or the room that is our special place...and if you lived my life...you'd think I deserved that place too...just to let your hair down...relax...again we deserve it...
But what God spoke to my heart yesterday was more than that...the first thing that came to my mind was Scott and my family...God asking me do you trust Me with them...believe that I know what is best for them and I've only loaned them to you...
You understand that by saying I trust Him...that means no matter what happens...I will trust Him...do I...can I...
well...I believe I can...I want to...I will choose to walk this trust thing out...learning each day to trust Him more and more...Don't get me wrong, there are areas in my live that I already do TRUST HIM!!!...but there are other areas that I want to keep a tight hold on and say...Lord it's Ok...we're good...He doesn't desire that...He doesn't deserve that...
Jesus said that He came to give life and to give it abundantly in John 10:10...I will never experience this abundant life Jesus came to give to ME...if I don't trust Him with everything in my life and all OF my life...so today is a fresh new day...as I begin a journey of Trust...
I think maybe I'll be humming this song today...
Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus...
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know "Thus saith the Lord"
Chorus:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more!
O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
Just in simple faith to plunge me
"Neath the healing, cleansing flood!
Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.
I'm so glad I learned to trust Him,
Precious Jesus, saviour, friend;
And I know that He is with me,
Will be with me to the end.
I pray you learn to trust Him as well! What an amazingly mightly God we serve!
