Monday
God is awesome!
Okay, so how awesome is God? Awesome enough to give you a plain answer when you ask Him. I have struggled for a long time with the feeling that I have been called to do missions. I have gotten great advice from many people, and it has recently been on my heart even more. It's funny how, when God wants you to do something, he is relentless. He will wait until you are ready. It took 40 years with Moses. I hope I take the hint in less time. I have been praying, and researching, and praying some more. When I got home tonight, I checked my email. There was a Life on the Way devotional. I don't always read them, but they are emails from way.fm. Sometimes they can be very uplifting. So, before I opened it, I prayed. I prayed that God would show me what He wanted from me. This was the devotional:
[ Be My Escape
Relient K
"I gotta get outta here
I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake"
Have you ever fallen into a spiritual rut? You feel God calling you to a certain area of service but the change seems too great. The rut grows deeper, and soon we give up altogether. Just like Peter on the water, we start sinking and are powerless to do anything about it.
But don’t forget the first part of Peter’s story. When Peter saw Jesus walking on the water he asked to join Him. "‘Alright, come,’ Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus" (Matthew 14:29, NLT).
When He called on Jesus and focused on Him, Peter was able to stand on the waves. Without that focus, he started to sink. Without Christ we are all sinking, and the farther we sink, the harder it is to change. But our Savior is calling with His hand ready to take ours. ]
I feel like that is what I have been waiting for-for God to say, "Come". The two lines of the song quoted sum it up-I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake. Alright, God, so now what?
[ Be My Escape
Relient K
"I gotta get outta here
I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake"
Have you ever fallen into a spiritual rut? You feel God calling you to a certain area of service but the change seems too great. The rut grows deeper, and soon we give up altogether. Just like Peter on the water, we start sinking and are powerless to do anything about it.
But don’t forget the first part of Peter’s story. When Peter saw Jesus walking on the water he asked to join Him. "‘Alright, come,’ Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus" (Matthew 14:29, NLT).
When He called on Jesus and focused on Him, Peter was able to stand on the waves. Without that focus, he started to sink. Without Christ we are all sinking, and the farther we sink, the harder it is to change. But our Savior is calling with His hand ready to take ours. ]
I feel like that is what I have been waiting for-for God to say, "Come". The two lines of the song quoted sum it up-I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake. Alright, God, so now what?
