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Your
Dreams oh
Lord!
Your
Dreams oh
Lord!
Psalm 25:3-5 TPT "Could anyone be disgraced when he has entertwined his heart with yours? But my foes will all be defeated and ashamed when they harm the innocent. Direct me, Yahweh, througout my journey so I can experience Your plans for my life. Reveal the life-paths that are pleasing to you. Escort me into your truth; take me by the hand and teach me. For you are the God of my salvation; I have wrapped my heart into yours all day long!"
King David wrote this psalm. How could he feel that he wrapped his heart into God's heart all day long? I have had difficulty with this. Most every morning I remember to surrender my day, my schedule to Him, yet as the day progresses, I find myself excerising my right to oppose his plans and do "my own thing," from time to time throughout the day. Can anyone relate? As I read the end of verse 5, I found myself praying, "Teach me, Yahweh (God the Father) Yahshua (God the Son), Holy Spirit how to remain there in my every interaction with others and the things you call me to ALL day long. You call me to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, show me what thoughts remain rebellious against you Yah (Great I AM). May only Spirit-led words come out of my mouth or out of my computer keyboard." There would be no Bathsheba issue or King Solomon for that matter, had David never strayed from this committment. Yet we see his heart IS a heart after God's own heart. He pursues wanting God's heart on the matters of that day and He got to see many miracles on the battle field against demon-possessed enemies because He went with God's plans over His plans many times throughout his years as a king that went to battle with his people. This in my life's goal- "to wrap my heart into God's heart all day long." His heart is LOVE made manifest. His heart opposes evil, confronts it, exposes it but NEVER with a shaming message. He is not the god of shame and condemnation. He came that we might have life and have it abundantly. Abundant love gives second and third chances and even 70 X 7 chances. It shows the "way of escape" out of temptation. It shows God's hesed love revealed in a verse that follows. Verse 7: "Give me grace, Yahweh! Always look at me through your eyes of love-your forgiving eyes of mercy and compassion. When you think of me, see me as one you love and care for." This is the reason God never insists that we do things His way. If He did, He would have robots. He always lets us choose, His way or our way, or even the devil's way (which is an exaggeration of our ways a lot of the time). If I resist and resist and persist in doing things "my way" the natural consequences are often not fun but very necessary in order for me to hate every false path. A small group of christian friends and I are watching and praying through Wanda Algier's study "Overcoming Religious, Jezebel and Leviathan spirits." These are common influencers in local churches that can dominate and hinder the work of Holy Spirit and the fruitfulness of churches and those in the body of Christ. I remember telling the group after we confessed our sins one to another in order that we may be healed: "we may not sense a release during or after this prayer but we will recognize rebellion more easily in ourselves and other so we can more freely choose the better way." Since that day I have recognized several areas of rebellion even in righteous sounding prayers and attempts to "bless" my church family, I have seen underneath these good-looking acts, a heart of rebellion that needed to be forsaken and confessed. "Though our sins be as scarlet, we will be white as snow." Today, after reading the right way to pray for God's plans in my life I am determined to return here often and pray according to His will for my hand to remain in His so He can lead me to His best. I don't want to settle for anything less. How about you? Perhaps if you are reading this you are getting convicted of some little or big way in which you have been rebelling against God. How do you know if it is false guilt or true conviction from the Holy Spirit? Here are some good questions to ask:
When I have heeded this advice, something comes to mind often instantly. I repent, go do what I felt a Holy Spirit nudge to do and almost instantly, I sense Holy Spirit again and start hearing from Him, the next act of obedience. Sometimes it is "sit and be still and return to my hesed bible study" to learn of His out of bounds love for me. Sometimes it is "put on worship music and clean your house." Sometimes it is "Go give your husband a hug and let him know how you appreciate his last act of kindness toward you." It is surprisingly simple at times. It is always deeply moving and humbling. Will He also ask me to do some things totally out of my comfort zone, things I feel ill-equipped to do, things impossible without His help-absolutely! The more I obey those "out of my comfort zone" kind of things, the more He blesses me with greater faith to step out and obey and the more I reap the reward of doing so. There is no condemnation or shaming from God when we recognize a rebel act on our part or an obedience step we missed. We simply are to call it what Holy Spirit calls it and go in the direction Holy Spirit leads us to do instead. He only needs our willingness, He provides the power to obey. I love that this is the gentle ways of our Good Shepherd seen in Psalm 25:5 "Escort me into your truth; take me by the hand and teach me. For you are the God of my salvation; I have wrapped my heart into yours all day long." I can spend days like this, then I back down and go my own way. Yet as soon as I see the untwining of my heart wrap, I can return here and choose to put my hand back into my Master's hand and 'stay' in Him through another glory-filled day. Thank you Jesus!
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