Come on....! We have seen that the land is very good....Aren't you going to do something? Don't hesitate to go there and take it over....God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever. (Judges 18:9-10)
Early this morning I crawled out of bed....grabbed a cup of coffee....and was readily tempted to jaunt back to dream land...but than the Holy Spirit led me to the couch and I started to seek Him with a pained heart.
So many times my days are full of visions of great things life should be accomplished by but somehow I get through the day accomplishing nothing but wishing I had had done something. Standing on the sidelines of everybody Else's life I am stuck....stuck in fear and comparing myself with others. It has seemed I feel rejected everywhere I go and anything I do just does not seem to add up to good enough. The realization of this lie was revealed clearly to my heart. God spoke in my quiet time with Him and whispered so lovingly that I have been treating His Holy Spirit like this for years. It has been easy for my soul to shut Him off so as not to get emotionally over ruled! I have been shutting off so many gifts of God's love and liveliness because of my inability and unwillingness to let the Lord be the song of my life! It was like my soul was behind a fence I refused to exit and there was a Land that the Lord wants me to enter and I refuse...I bury my treasure and do not let the Lord work through my life to glorify Him. If it be singing, writing devotions, being confident in proclaiming the Gospel, piano....etc.
I want to challenge whoever is reading this that if you have a gift the Lord has put deep in your soul and heart and mind and body....do not let this talent or gift lock you in a fence of fear. You will be stuck! Stuck in a life of walking in a dry and deadly land. God did not create us to sit and do nothing and protect ourselves. He has called us to be in the world but not Of it! He has plans to prosper us and not harm us. Today is the day to rejoice in Him and enter into the good territory/land that lacks nothing....He has provided us with the freedom to live an abundant life....now we just have the choice to get up and walk in it!
