This is a journal entry from my daily quiet time with God. With the One who's showing just how gracious He is and just how deep His love is for me.
Feb 2, 2011
My Heart
1 John 3:20, "God is greater than our hearts."
"As children of God, we do not have to be derailed by the way we feel. Our God is greater. Give Him your heart." - Beth Moore
Lord, I am broken. Somewhere inside, I am broken. Somewhere inside, I have allowed Satan to tell me that I am a failure and I will never accomplish what I want to accomplish.
Where does this come from? Why? What is going on with me? Why am I so broken?
Lord, I thank you that your Word today tells me - PROMISES ME - that YOU are greater than my broken heart. YOU are greater, Lord. YOU... not my brokenness.
Lord, help me. Help me to figure out why I am the way I am. Show me your face, Lord. Help me, Father.
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I poured my heart out to God that day. I put it out there for God to see and hear it all. That was Feb 2, 2011 and TEN DAYS LATER, Jay came to my front door. Sent to our house by our church for a completely different reason (to do a church-wide survey), God used Jay in a mighty way in my life.
My God is still the same God of Jacob, Issac, and Abraham. He is still the same God as He was to David, Ruth, Naomi, and Job. My Heavenly Father answered my prayer is a very real and tangible way - just like he answered the prayers of the Israelites.
I love David's prayers and his songs. I love how he pours out his heart to God. I feel like I can relate so much to David. I lay it all out there because that is who I am. Well in 2 Samuel 7:18 David cried out, " WHO AM I, O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family that you have brought me this far?"
"That you have brought me this far......" I feel David's heart. Who am I, Lord, that you have brought me out this far. Just like the Israelites, you did not bring me out this far, to take me back again... you brought me out to bring me into the promised land. You are bringing me into that promised land and I'm coming, Lord. I look forward to what's on the other side over - in the land flowing with milk and honey.
Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jay.
How do you fully surrender it all to God? You have to give it all to God. Pour your heart out to Him - then hang on! Find resources to help you - starting with God's Word. It is in His Truth that we can have a renewed mind, freedom from the bondage's we are in, and the liberty to pursue the joy, peace, and comforts He has given and promised us!
"My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand." ~ Jesus of Nazareth
Blessings.
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