Well another year is here and like we always say, "Where did the year go!" Time passes by soooo quickly! This year started on a Sunday, so it was a great way to start our year. Our message at our church was on Paul's message of how we keep doing the things we do not want to do based on Romans 7:7-25. Cliff Queale, stated; "When is a mistake a mistake? When is a mistake a choice? and When is a choice a lifestyle?" And he also stated that a mistake becomes a choice when we do it over and over a gain! And he asked , "Do we make our decisions based on common sense or by the leading of the Holy Spirit?" Well my prayer for the beginning of this year is that I will seek the leading of the Holy Spirit in all that I say, think and do! Cliff quoted Romans 12:2:Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.?" Who wouldn't want that, 'renewing of your mind'.
In bed last night I was reading from a book of Max Lucado's, "Just Like Jesus" I think I have read it before, but one part brought me to tears. It was Max's take on what the leper, that Christ healed, might have gone through. The 'moral of Max's story is a truth from the Bible. Christ could have healed the leper with a word but Christ reached out and touched the leper (something no one had probably done in a very long time) and then spoke words to heal him. Can you imagine after feeling the touch of those you love; your father, your mother, your child, your husband, your wife. And then, because of a disease, no one, not even those who love you so dearly, not wanting to touch you? God loves us even more than we love our own children and spouses. God wants so desperately to touch our lives! Not just be near us or speak to us but touch us! That is what brought me to tears. How often does God nudge me and I ignore it? Will I, in 2012, allow God to touch my life more often? I hope so. Max also encourages us to set apart a time to spend with God alone, in the Word and in prayer. I prayed last night that God get me up at 6am. And that will be my prayer. This is the best time for me to spend time in the Word. I was awake at 5:58 this morning and got out of bed at 6:10.
I have been reading in Romans and this morning I read Romans 10 and 11. Here Christ raises Lazarus from the dead. He says to his disciples, in verse 11:11: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am gong there to wake him up." How often does God try to "Wake us up!" but we ignore him. I pray that I not only listen when God speaks to me, but that as I listen is sense his touch upon my life! I want to be touched by God!
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