Who's your Guide ?

Who’s your guide?

Many times in Scripture, God asks us to do what doesn’t make sense to our logic. For example, Mark 10:43 says, “Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant” To most people, that verse doesn’t make sense; you’d think great people would have others serving them. Jesus says it’s the other way around; the great people are the ones serving others. I need to trust what God says about greatness, not what I think. Anytime we demonstrate faith, we’re relying on something, you see Genuine faith is relying on God's direction and on who he is. God is reliable and I’m sure He knows what you need, and he wants to meet those needs, unfortunately, we think we know better and We think we have a better plan. We want to use our logic and get to the answer in a way that makes us look good and doesn’t require risk. But God wants us to grow, so he takes us a different way. Did you know that admitting your hopelessness to God can be a statement of faith? ,Hmmm interesting right?
Trusting God yet feeling despair at the same time, in Psalms 116:10, David wrote “I believed, so I said, I am completely ruined”! Trust God to keep His promises and don’t be troubled by trouble. we must realize that our Circumstances cannot change the character of God. God’s grace is still in full force and He is still for you, even when you don’t feel it. Focus on who God is and his unchanging nature Regardless of circumstances and how you feel, and hang on to God’s unchanging character. Remind yourself what you know to be eternally true about God, He is good, He loves you, is with you,knows what you’re going through, He cares, and He has a good plan for your life. God wants you to be you, You don’t have to try to pretend to be someone else and you don’t have to hide who you actually are. The most attractive people I know are not the best looking; rather, they’re true to who they are. You are God’s masterpiece, a work of his own hands.” By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me” 1 Corinthians 15:10
Many of you are on face book today,as am I ,and I was reading a post the other day and it said ,” Living life based upon how you feel is a shipwreck waiting to happen “that is such a true and very accurate statement. We need to realize that if we intend to live out our life day to day, based on the way you feel when you wake up you will be riding on the roller coaster of life that is constantly out of control, and its bound to derail one day, thus sending you into a tailspin that is going to be very difficult to get out of.
When we take trips, we generally plan ahead; how much it will cost, where we will go, what to take, what we will do when we get there and my favorite ,, what kids to leave at home, ( just kidding ). God guided so many in the Bible, He lead The children of Israel out of Egypt ,Jonah to his destination, Nineveh , Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness and he lead Paul along His missionary journeys. The Word of God says this in Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. It points us in the right direction and keeps us on the right path. I remember reading a story years ago having to do with life and the journey it takes one on. A small girl had been promised the privilege of climbing to a nearby hilltop where her brother enjoyed playing. But when she came within sight of the steep, rough path, she drew back in dismay. ’Why, there isn’t a smooth spot anywhere. It’s all bumpy and stony!" she exclaimed.
’Yes," said her more experienced older brother, ’but how else would we ever climb to the top if it wasn’t? The stones and bumps are what we step on to get there." God’s wisdom is truly amazing and perfect, even when we don’t think so at the time We don’t have to worry that our guide will take off on His own adventure and leave us stranded.
He will never abandon us, even when we sin, Isa 58:11 says , The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. Are you letting God guide you or are you trying to guide God? Blessings 

How's You're Alignment?

How’s your alignment?

This past Sunday our pastor delivered a very challenging message,,,wait let me rephrase that, was it really challenging or do we make it challenging? we read in the book of Romans, chapter 12 verse 1 and 2, And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2,Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. So let me present that question to you again, was it a challenging message or do we make it challenging? There is no doubt in my mind that God wants nothing but the very best for his children, he wants each and everyone of us to experience healing, happiness, and victory in all areas of our lives, but to truly experience all the great and good things God has for us ,we first and foremost need one thing, and that’s to be in alignment with the will that God has for our lives. I can hear some of you right now saying, “ I just don’t think that is what God has in store for me, that’s for someone else”. STOP SAYING THAT! Read this and believe it, Mathew 17 verse 18 through 20 says this, And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once. 19, then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?" 20,And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
Look what Ezekiel experienced, the Bible says this, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign LORD, you alone know.” maybe you’re thinking like Ezekiel thought, “God all I can see before me are difficult things, why are you leading me through this dark valley of dry bones, there’s nothing here, no source of life, NOTHING! You see in that valley there was no other source but God, and while in that valley we have no power, breath, or strength of our own. The valley of death brings us to a place of total dependency. We need to be like Ezekiel and totally trust in God, aligning yourself with Gods will for your life and believe it.
A few years back around this time of year I went to a doctors appointment with my wife, and at that meeting with her doctor she was delivered with some life changing news, My wife had be diagnosed with Breast cancer. I can never begin to explain the feeing or the thoughts that consumed me at that very moment, nor can I begin to imagine how my beautiful bride felt at that moment either. I can tell you this, I didn’t ask God if maybe he would heal her, no I made a very bold demand of him, and I stood firm on my request. I asked God to heal her and I wasn’t and would not accept any thing less than that. There was no debating; he was going to heal her. Yes there were many that thought I was crazy, stupid ,totally out of line in doing that, but not me. I stood firm on Gods promise, and I refused to doubt his ability to heal her, and he did. He can do the same amazing and awesome miracles for you also, never doubt the awesome power and ability of the Great God we have the privilege to serve and believe in. Don’t diminish the power of God because things don’t happen in the timeframe we set, remember Gods timing is not our timing. Grab on to Gods promise for your life. Align your heart with Gods heart.
Dear Lord, see me through the hard and troubling times, help me hold on strong, Through trials and storms, and to hold on to my faith even the darkest hour. Stay with me Lord, and show me your way. In your Holy name I pray. Amen. Blessings 