The best place to be is in the center of His will where
there is peace, contentment, joy, fulfillment
and love. You wonder how you can find out what His will
is so that you can experience all of the above?
It is probably one of the hardest things for us to do, especially in
this day and age…
“Be still, and know that I am God…” (Psalms 46:10)
Who would have thought that being still would be so hard to
do, but with the noise of life surrounding us, with our own thoughts going
around and around in our heads – it is really hard to make everything quiet and
still. It is in those moments of
solitude and quiet where if you listen intently, you will hear His voice. He’s not hiding it from you, He’s not trying
to make it hard for you to know His will for your life. He just wants you to focus on Him so that you
can commune with Him. Imagine being with
someone you care about and really wanting to know their thoughts, what is going
on with them, what their hopes are, what they desire. God is sitting forward in His seat wanting to
have an intimate conversation with you. He
just wants to have your total attention.
Isn’t it annoying when you are out with someone, and they are looking
around them, checking their watch, texting on their phone, allowing any or all
distractions to get in the way of their time with you? Would you want to talk with someone who was
doing all that? I wouldn’t. I would feel like they aren’t listening, they
must not be interested in what I have to say.
How bad do you want to hear from your Father? Are YOU sitting forward in YOUR seat
interested in all He has to say? Hanging on for His next word? There is nothing better than “Father and
daughter/son time” especially with the One who has your best interests at
heart.
Once you get to a place where you can quiet your thoughts,
quiet the noise of life and listen expectantly to God, you may be surprised at
all you hear. I can honestly say that “being
still” is one of the hardest things for me to do. I am a planner and my thoughts are constantly
going non-stop. It’s hard for me to be
still and spend quiet time before my Father, but once I do – it is the best
thing in the world. Fellowship with
God. God knows you need it, there is
something deep inside of you that will remain unfulfilled until you try
it. Once you realize the need, your time
with your Father will be a balm to your soul.
“Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me
will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
(John 6:35)
Looking for peace, joy, fulfillment, contentment and love?
There is no way you can experience all of that complete with TRUE joy until you
make that time for your Father. Even
Jesus rose early to pray, and He is to be our example.
“And in the morning, rising up a great while
before day, He went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.”
(Mark 1:35)
The truth is; we need that time alone with
our Heavenly Father as much as we need food for sustenance. We need to feed our spirit. You may hunger for that time of sustenance
where God needs to nourish your spirit.
We are a spirit that has a soul and lives in a body.
When you spend time before your Father He shows you things about yourself, maybe reveals things about you that even YOU didn't know. You become closer with Him because a true relationship involves communication. A healthy relationship is one that is a two way street. And that is what God desires to have with you. You just have to be open to it.
I remember when God revealed to me that I was to write for Him. I can remember wanting to just snort and say, "Write?! Write?! You have called me to write??? That is something that I have done ALL of my life!" It seemed odd to me - perhaps it was because I had just known since the age of three that I was going to be an actress. That I had been in plays and performances throughout my whole life and was going to college to study acting. My own plans for my life was to get an agent and head out to California. But that is not what God called me to do. He was adamant (in a kind, quiet, tolerating my outburst kind of way) that the calling He had placed on my life, was as He had put it during this conversation we were having, "as plain as the nose on my face." (His exact words to me).
That was a long time ago. I have learned in my 27 years of being a Christian, that life is a continuous learning process. You can either take the lesson the first time and pass the class or you can repeat the class over and over and over again until you have finally learned what it is you were meant to get from it... I'm a bit hard headed, there are life lessons that I have had to retake until I finally gain understanding, pass the lesson and move on to the next.
When I was a little girl my parents took my brother and I up to see the herring run. It was incredible seeing these fish swim against the current to go lay their eggs. They were focused, they were on a mission to go lay their eggs! And unless nature got in the way of them completing this life mission, that is exactly what they did. We need to have that same focus. God has called you for a purpose. It is one that will glorify His kingdom and will also bless you abundantly by giving you peace, contentment, joy, fulfillment and love. I have found that when I am obedient and I walk in my calling, those qualities come into my life. I experience a great sense of self-worth and I desire MORE of what God has for me. I think Jeremiah said it best:
True fulfillment is spending time before
your Father, getting spiritually fed by listening and communicating with Him; knowing
that He has your best interest at heart – and that HE sees in full, He knows
what those interests are, trusting completely in Him, walking by faith and not
by sight, can be difficult to do. Find yourself
in the center of His will, for there truly is unbelievable peace, joy,
contentment, fulfillment and a love you cannot compare. Strive to maintain and live a life worthy of
the calling God intended you to live. I
believe it is why the apostles followed Jesus.
They tasted and saw that the Lord was good and in spite of the
difficulties they endured (He didn’t say it would be easy – He DID say that
through it all He would never leave nor forsake us) – they knew that once they
had come to know Jesus, there was no turning back. There IS no turning back. Once you have truly come to know Him not only as your Savior, but by making Him Lord of your life –
you will find ALL the true riches of living. It is an ongoing journey, one that has hills
and valleys and desert moments and will for as long as you have breath in your
body. But one well worth the living.
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