4.24.2008
don't judge the annointing
i have been thinking about my attitudes and opinions about different manifestations of the presence of God. i have come to realize that the first thing that i do is judge it....not because i think i know it all, but because i still have ideas of the way i think god works (umm, religious spirit). all i know is that i want god to move, i want to see his manifest presence and i have no idea what that is going to look like. i have no reference point for what god is going to do...i just want to be part of it!
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Sometimes we can judge without even realizing that we are? Not lifting our hands when we are asked to or other things like that almost show an "immaturity" on our part.
If we want to see God move we need to move as well and not just expect him to just give it to us (though he can) if we show him we are willing he will show himself able.
God as been dealing with me the past few weeks with my own desire to have everything be perfect...which is semi-impossible.
Oh and i believe he rewarded me for being open to change this. I've been praying about it and trying to change the parts i can while God changes the rest. Ohh and a praise report i recieved an unexpected raise at work it makes me feel like God is saying your doing the right thing. Just like a natural father rewards a child for good behavior our heavenly father rewards us for seeking to be more like him.
PS:
EVERYONE SHOULD COME TO THE BONFIRE IT"S GONNA ROCK!!!
I went through a phase where I really struggled with criticizing things, and I also had genuine questions about what was going on (referring to the things that happen when God moves that we sometimes dont understand). I think thats somethign we all face at some point in our faith. I'm realizing now that things are never going to be done the way I THINK they should be done. It's not going to happen. So I can either get over it, or criticize for the rest of my life :)
I think its important for us to know and understand why we do what we do , and I think it's key for us to be free and open to be able to talk about things we have questions about. With that said though, I believe that no matter how far we've come in our faith there will ALWAYS be times when we dont know or understand why things are happening the way they are... and we need to hear the voice of God. The children of Israel could've chosen not to run around Jericho yelling, and the blind man could've chosen not to put mud in his eye because it was a little too "weird" for him. I believe that the reason they did those "weird" things was because not only were they desperate, but they recognized and discerned the voice of God...so they obeyed it. THere still are times when I don't understand everything (shocker i know) but I recognize GOd in it... so i obey. We can't allow our "self" (our pride, our mind etc) to muffle out the voice of God.
I won't allow my intellect or my comfort zone to keep me from experiencing the fullness of God.
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