If you are a Christian there are some maybe hard realities (at least it is hard for me). This week in my quiet time (if this is something that you are not doing, I truly ask you give it a try! You will be amazed at what can come out of giving God 10, 15, 20 or even 30 minutes of your precious time) I hit a hard reality. Here is what came to me:
How do I become more of you!
How do I stop be fake and truly start living from my heart!
I am just being real, this was the conviction God put on my heart the other day. Then would you know it, He gave me some guidance for this. Yes they seem like some pretty cut and dry statements but for this old human girl they seem to be my biggest and hardest struggles!
For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you will live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ's return.
Philippians 1:10 (NLT)
This was my daily verse from Bible Gateway after these statements where placed on my heart...God maybe! Here is what I poured out to God.
What is there to truly understand....That Christ Jesus is to be at front and center of our lives!! When He is not, we put space between Him and us! Space will lead us to paths that are without Him. LIFE IS NOT ABOUT US!!! It's about TELLING/SHOWING/BEING Christ to those around us! To save them from this sinful world!!
Again I am just being real. This is my journal entry from 7/10/15 and I have to tell you it was a painful morning! Painful because I am CHOOSING not to want to become more of Him and in doing so I am living a fake life. It is a reality that is hard to admit. When we place anything before Him, He is not our focus! Okay okay okay, we are human but that is not an excuse to mess up. That is the mercy He gives us because He knows we are human. But over all, I have to daily make a choice to put Him first and when I start doing that I will become more of Him and will start living a life of truth to those around me. Oaky okay okay I know! How do we do this 24/7, with grace! We will stumble, we will walk down the wrong path, we will focus on the wrong thing...but in the end when we choose to live a life WITH God and DESIRE to have a relationship with God...He gives us grace, picks us up and says today is a new day!
"cast our sins into the depths of the ocean"
Micah 7:19 (NLT)
He gives us grace and mercy because He loves us and He knows our hearts!! Where is your heart today...your focus...what are you desiring to become more of? My heart is breaking more and more each day as God works on it and is being the Potter that He is, in making my heart new for Him!!
Always remember "You are enough just as you are"! He love you deeply that He hurts for you! He DESIRES you!!
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