The more I resist Him, the more I hear Him speak to me; He calls me in, He draws me close. He tells me He waits for me, that He needs me. As a people we tend to hear voices that are not His. Learn to discern His voice.
Today I did something very stupid. I have these moments sometimes where I speak before thinking. I don't even mean what I say, but I say it anyway, and it's the most destructive thing ever. I hate the tongue at times. We all know what James says about it.
Making fronts is usually a bad idea. Today is the biggest front that I put on. It's like the largest thing that can be built up for the largest let down. Sometimes it doesn't blow up, but if it is good, then isn't that vain? Oh well. God bless.
We spend a lot of time trying to impress others. If not others, then ourselves, which is usually an image no one can measure up to that was projected on us by others. What if we stopped living to impress everyone but God; who doesn't need to be impressed.
Tonight I got bogged down by insecurity and jealousy; nothing new. I was praying about this, because feeling this way is not Godly, and I was reminded that our purpose for living is to glorify God, and that I'm being selfish trying to glorify myself. The pressure then left.
It's not easy to press on in the face of adversity. However it becomes easier the more you are in love with God. Like someone who is there for you. The creator of the universe is there by your side throughout whatever ordeal may come; making each situation better.
There are many things our God isn't, that we take for granted because our God is. For example; Our God is relatable, and personal. He has not separated Himself from us making Himself distant and impersonal. But humbled Himself to our flesh and died. What. A. Good. God.
We believe the testimony and the witness of the Spirit, that Jesus is the way. Because of this, we bring our witness into the world, testifying of the things we have seen. If we don't bring that truth to the world, we don't believe the testimony of the Spirit.