"Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors." Proverbs 8:34
What has He been working in your life and how have you been responding to Him?
Yes, God! I will do what you tell me to do!
Or
Uh........God, can I pause here for a little bit?
Or
What?! Nah God, I don't really like your plan. Let's not do that.
I think I was in between "Uh...." And "What?! Nah.." for awhile. (FOOLISHNESS!)
These past 6 months or so (after being officially graduated from Berklee), given a word "PREPARATION" from God, He has been working in many areas of my life in such an extreme way that I can't help but know that it is His ultimate will to break and mold me into a woman of God who eagerly pursues and longs for what He has in store for my vision and my life.
I started off this year with a full of hope and determination to PLEASE God, to find favor in the eyes of the LORD (still do!!!!) Then,this whole process of Preparation began to form its shape, like this...
He uses --> Time + Pressure + Fire = to reveal who you REALLY are; The "REAL" YOU.
Time, His timing never equals with my timing. I thought I knew that but, I found myself making my own plan and asking God to answer me with yes or no. In fact, He has answered to that specific prayer with "silence".
Pressure, not only He promises us to inherit a land flowing with milk and honey but also, a land of hills and valleys. Whether those hills and valleys are high or low, big or small, long or short, we as children of God must go through them to reach that land and possess it with the fullness of joy and confidence! C'mon now. This part is really tough to face it and also to avoid it. Sometimes the pressure brings forth our pain, hurt, anger, suffering, loneliness, pride, selfishness, unworthiness, temptation and burden. But when we are at the lowest with nothing covering up our vulnerability, we can truly see who we are; the core of our true heart and character.
Fire, (this one was truly a BIG revelation for me) basically, it's the Holy Spirit.
Can I get an AMEN? Ah! Unlike normal fire that burns into ashes, the Fire of the Holy Spirit burns yet never be consumed. John the Baptist testifies that the Spirit came upon Jesus from the heaven and stayed on him(John 1:32-33).The Fire appeared to the apostles and rested on each one of them and they were filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:3-4). It is that same Spirit of fire that lives inside of us.
I started off this year with a full of hope and determination to PLEASE God, to find favor in the eyes of the LORD (still do!!!!) Then,this whole process of Preparation began to form its shape, like this...
He uses --> Time + Pressure + Fire = to reveal who you REALLY are; The "REAL" YOU.
Time, His timing never equals with my timing. I thought I knew that but, I found myself making my own plan and asking God to answer me with yes or no. In fact, He has answered to that specific prayer with "silence".
Pressure, not only He promises us to inherit a land flowing with milk and honey but also, a land of hills and valleys. Whether those hills and valleys are high or low, big or small, long or short, we as children of God must go through them to reach that land and possess it with the fullness of joy and confidence! C'mon now. This part is really tough to face it and also to avoid it. Sometimes the pressure brings forth our pain, hurt, anger, suffering, loneliness, pride, selfishness, unworthiness, temptation and burden. But when we are at the lowest with nothing covering up our vulnerability, we can truly see who we are; the core of our true heart and character.
Fire, (this one was truly a BIG revelation for me) basically, it's the Holy Spirit.
Can I get an AMEN? Ah! Unlike normal fire that burns into ashes, the Fire of the Holy Spirit burns yet never be consumed. John the Baptist testifies that the Spirit came upon Jesus from the heaven and stayed on him(John 1:32-33).The Fire appeared to the apostles and rested on each one of them and they were filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:3-4). It is that same Spirit of fire that lives inside of us.
Do we acknowledge his presence in us?
Do we actually ask the Helper for help?
with 100% yieled heart? Or 99% "I-can-do-it" + 1% yielded heart?
To be honest, I confess that I was like that 2nd kind of heart.
I waited for unexpected amount of times for God to show up,
I endured the intensity of the pressure on the hills and the valleys,
But without the fire of the Holy Spirit, nothing was worth it.
Time + Pressure + Fire = Well-made & purified Jewel
which is the REAL you in God's eyes.
I don't know how long this process of Preparation would last but, what I DO know is that the One who knows all things and rules all things, He is always with me in the pursuit of working in and through me. DASSIT! Choose to find joy in God's every fruit-bearing work in your life. Deeper you go, more calm and joyful you become. YAS!
I love y'all!
Blessings,
Mindy
1 comments:
YES MINDY!!! :)
I'm sooo happy to hear from you how God has been showing up in your life through this wonderful message. It really spoke to me! Thank you sister!
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