REMINDING MYSELF OF MANY THINGS

Holding my thoughts captive. Working on that today.

Feeling the peace that transcends all understanding. Praying for that today.

Guarding my heart in Christ Jesus. Focusing on that today.

Giving it up to the Lord. Reminding myself of that today.

Some moments I feel that overwhelming sense of helplessness. Like I am struggling to stay above water. Like I want to curl up in a ball and hide away. It is in these times that I must remember the Father and His love. How He can make all grace abound towards me. I must seek His kingdom. I must go to His Word. It is in these times I must remember to lay my troubles at His feet. Some problems are just world problems. A world problem meant to deter me from my path, a mere distraction. It is in these times I must refocus, incline my ears to His sayings and tune in to His peace.

I believe I am heir to Abraham and his blessing. I believe I am a daughter of the most High God. I believe I am loved unconditionally.

Follow Jesus. Focus on that today.

Put my eyes on Jesus and do as He would. Follow His steps and He will lead me out of the valley of the shadow of death. His Word is life, and health to those who find them: physical health, mental health, spiritual health.

Above all else, guard my heart. For everything I do flows from it.

Thank you Lord for your goodness. Your forgiveness. Your strength. Your never-ending love. You are an ever-fixed mark. I follow you Jesus, I do as you do, I love as you love. I seek first your Kingdom and I know you will supply me with all my needs. You will bless the work of my hands, as my hands work for your kingdom God. Show me how to grow my gifts to better your Kingdom God. Help me spread the light, your oh so beautiful, comforting, and ever pure light. Grant me the opportunity to help more names get written in the Book of Life God. Grant me the opportunity to build people up, and not bring them down. Grant me the opportunity to put my selfish desires aside and show you that I am all in God. I am all in. I am here to be led and then to lead. I am here to be loved and then to love. I am here to be taught, and to teach. I am here to glorify you God, and to encourage others to glorify. I am here to receive your blessing God, so that I may bless others, and in turn they will give Thanksgiving to you Lord.

Focus on the Forest. Remembering this today.

Love,
A Daughter of the Most High King.

2 Cor 10:5, Phil 4:7, 2 Cor 9:8, Prov 4:20, Gal 3:29, Psalm 23, Prov 4:20-23

FORGETTING THE FOREST

Slow down.

Sometimes I hear my spirit man quietly remind me to rein in, remember to breathe, to seek wisdom, to see the forest for the trees.

When I get an idea I can go all in. A good trait, unless you forget what it’s all for, what the bigger picture is. There’s a difference between pursuing excellence and pursuing perfection. There’s a difference between stepping blindly in faith and flailing blindly. There’s a big difference between putting God first and putting God last.

Sometimes when I step forward in faith my flesh decides to leap, desiring the end result more then the path it takes to get there. But it’s the path that teaches us. It’s the path that refines us. It’s the path that guides us. Otherwise we are just trying to smash our way through the woods, thinking we are taking the shortcut… only to find out we are incredibly absolutely lost. Even in those moments, God calls us. He is an ever-forgiving, ever-loving God, who will never leave us nor forsake us. You will know it is Him, when you feel His love. When you sense His grace, His mercy, calling you Home.

Seek first His Kingdom, the Word says. All these things will be added unto you, It speaks.

Slow down. Rein in. Smell the flowers. Focus the eyes and the path stops being blurry. He will make our path straight, It reminds.

That gentle yet strong, completely calm and ever-fixed mark… It leads me to still waters. It makes me to lie down in green pastures. It reminds me to love the ride, to have joy through my growth, to soak in the Father’s Grace and see everything He does. Acknowledge Him in all things and give Thanksgiving. Allow Him to work His grace and mercy into our lives and run the race He sets before us. Blindly, but not without guidance. In faith, but not without wisdom. With confidence, but not alone. Full of courage, but not of arrogance.

Let us not forget that we need Him. Let us not forget what He has done for us.

Let us not forget the forest.

1 Peter 1:7; Deut 31:6; Matt 6:33; Prov 3:6; Psalms 23:2-3; Prov 3:6; Eph 5:20; Heb 12:1-2

I HAVE FOUND YOU

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me as a vital necessity and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jeremiah 29:11-14

Due to my baby boys biological clock, I woke up before sunrise this morning, started making my coffee and the Holy Spirit put this verse on my heart: Jeremiah 29:11. Things started coming together this week for something I’ve been working on for a while and will require some future humbling and stepping forward in faith if I decide to continue to nourish this dream. I know that if I follow the Will of my Father, and I meditate on His Word and give thanksgiving in all things that have blessed me – I know that if I do these things He will bless the work of my hands. The Lord says not to listen to false prophets, not to listen to others negative talk, talk that brings me down and not builds me up. He didn’t send those people. The Lord directs us, loves us, carries us on His wings. He does not condemn us but encourages us, He sets our path straight. He knows when we follow Him with a grateful and serving heart and will never leave us nor forsake us.

Sometimes I think the person I must listen to the least… is me. I have been the queen of self-doubt and negative talk.. I’ve held myself back more than anyone else in this world. I’ve prophesied failure in my own heart. But none of those thoughts are good thoughts. I have not guarded my heart as I should. I have not settled into my Fathers wings and listened to, really listened to, His thoughts and plans for my life. His plans to prosper me. His plans to bless the work of my hands. His plans to guide me.

So when that verse came to my heart this morning, I felt joy. I felt peace. I felt hope. I felt my Fathers love.

I have found Him.

So now I’ve buckled up my belt of truth, I’ve curled up in His wings, gazing admiringly at His face and inclining my ears to His sayings. I have hope in the Lord, my strength is renewed, I will run and not grow weary, I will walk and not be faint.

Tell me, dear Father, the thoughts and plans you have for me. Tell me Your Perfect Plan.

Jeremiah 29:11-14; Joshua 1:8; Jeremiah 29:8-9; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 91; Ephesians 6:14; Proverbs 4:20; Philippians 4:7-8

STEP FORWARD IN FAITH

We are to walk by faith, not by sight. Faith – the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Therefore, I will close my eyes, believe for God’s grace and mercy, and step forward in faith.

I know in my heart that God is good. He is a God of promises, of grace and mercy, of hope and love. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. I will trust In His Word. I will lean not on my own understanding. If He says walk, I will walk. If He says run, I will run. I will listen for His still small voice, that ever powerful, full of love, stronger than anything I’ve ever known, still small voice. I will acknowledge Him every step of the way. His Word says that He will make my own path straight. He will lead me to still waters, make me to lie down in green pastures. My time in this desert is almost done, when I close my eyes I see the Promised Land. The land flowing with milk and honey… I leave everything behind, nothing holds me back.

I am being refined in the fire. I close my eyes… pray for wisdom and strength. Offer up my first fruits. Step forward blindly, but not alone. The Lord is my refuge, my fortress, the God in whom I trust.

… And … step.

Father God. Thank you for your promises of grace and mercy. My first fruits are yours, and I give thanksgiving to you God for making all grace abound towards me, so that I am always having all sufficiency in all things. Thank you Jesus for coming so that we might have Truth, and that the Truth will set us free. I come boldly to the throne of grace and pray for wisdom Lord, lead me to where I should go. We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses God, I lay aside everything that hinders me, leave sin behind, put on the new man, and run with patience the race that is set before me. Out of weakness I am made stronger. Out of the fire I am brought to a place of abundance. I pray this in Jesus’ name! Amen!

Love,
Your Daughter

2 Cor 5:7, Heb 11:1,Romans 10:17, Prov 3:5-6, Psalm 23:2, Deut 26:9-10, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:7, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Mark 11:24, Psalm 91:2, 2 Cor 9:8, Heb 4:16, Heb 12:1-3, 2 Cor 5:17, Heb 11:34, Proverbs 66:10

NEW BEGINNINGS

I had one of those “aha!” moments in service the other day. Pastor was talking about having a sense of urgency in the things of life. Have passion. Do things for the Kingdom. Seek God first and all the rest will be added unto you. Be a leader not a hired hand.

That set my heart afire. I’ve had a sense of urgency of late, but have been focusing on works trying to find a passion. God’s answer is always “yes” and if I follow my heart with desires that He’s put there then He will bless the work of my hands. I know that faith without works is dead, but I have been focusing more on the works and not enough on the faith. I need to refocus on the kingdom, pick a passion, develop my gift… and grow! And trust that God will bless anything I put my hands too.

This blog is a humble beginning. In no way am I a trained writer or a theology major. I don’t know it all nor do I pretend to. What I DO know is the love of Christ, that He has done absolutely amazing things in my life, that He’s definitely not finished with me, and that His will is for me to be blessed abundantly in ALL things. That I prosper even as my soul prospers. This is a way for me to share that with you, in the hopes that maybe it will spark a sense of urgency and passion in your life.

We are in a season of “run”. So let’s “run”!

Father God. I dedicate this blog to you. Please be my voice and my strength. You have blessed me beyond measure, you have led me to still waters. Help me breathe in this air God and enjoy the moment. Show me the flowers to smell and the paths to tread, which green pastures to lie down in and enjoy your grace. Guide me Father to where you should have me spread your light. Show me how to humble myself, grow myself, to step out of my comfort zone… to express your love so that others will read these words and think of you God, and so that they will know your love. Know it as I know it. The love that surpasses all knowledge, the non-judgemental, ever-accepting, feel-it-in-your-bones love that overflows in abundance… that Perfect kind of love.

Love,
Your Daughter

Matt 6:33, Matt 7:7, Deut 2:7, 2 Cor 9:8, 3 John 1:2, Heb 12:1-2, Psalm 23:2,
1 John 4:18-19, John 15:13