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God Is Not Interested In My Excuses…

17 Wednesday Jan 2018

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Lord, help our generation…remind us that you cannot be fooled.  We cannot show up on a Sunday morning to look good for all our friends then get more excited about a touchdown than we do about a soul coming to know You and surrendering all.  We jump up and down and give high fives for things that will pass away while You and eternity stand by with open arms.  You see all.  You know every excuse.  And You are not interested as we continue to reinvent ourselves at the cost of ourselves as we wander through this life unchanged and unwilling to see the truth.

All things can be done with the very thing in our hand; we do not need to reinvent the wheel in order for You to take us to new heights. Help us see that we can do nothing without You.  And if we feel as if all has been gotten by us in our pursuit, then humble us, Lord.

Help us to not get stuck in complacency, but to always walk in desperate obedience. 

Take us to our Promised Land and loose our excuses from our minds. Get us out of our downward spiral of always seeking something shiny and new instead of Your will for us. You have shown us time and again in Your Word that you can do much with little, and that our grocery list of canned excuses and fresh fears are no match for You!

You are not interested in our excuses; You can start with the very thing that we hold in near.  We don’t need a majority vote.  We don’t need a thousand “friends” on Facebook to remind us that we are going in the right direction and that accepts us.  We don’t need an army of make believe people backing us in our pursuit of Your will.  All we need is to stop waiting and start walking.  Hesitation is only our limitation. Show us our talent that can be used for You and keep us from burying it in the dirt as we step out in faith and realize that we can live in the dream and not behind a TV set watching an overpaid athlete make a score while someone on the street is dying for a piece of bread.

One foot in front of the other…one mindset changed daily…one celebration of a soul won each minute…no more mundane…no more sideline living…NO MORE EXCUSES!

Ephesians 4:1-4
But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.
3 “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.
4 Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.
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Destiny

23 Friday Sep 2016

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destiny4What is my destiny? I can tell you this much. My destiny was NOT to walk the streets looking for drugs. My destiny was NOT to die lonely and miserable and afraid. My destiny was NOT to live institutionalized. Pastor Tilghman said once to me that unless there is a contest, there cannot be a conquest. There have never been truer words spoken. The majority of my adult life was a contest. I was constantly battling against unseen forces that wanted me dead.

dest3God had a goal for me and that was for me to be like Christ. Before I was ever born, He set out my destiny. God has a purpose for me that is not an afterthought. To know that He set me apart before the creation of the world that I live on is some POWERFUL stuff! I can’t imagine His heartbreak when I turned from Him time and again to seek my selfish desires when HE KNEW exactly where I was SUPPOSED to be. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever so who needs to change in order to be more like Him? ME. My destiny is to walk out my salvation with fear and trembling and seek the face of God around every single corner.

Zephanaih 3:16-20 – On that day
they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
do not let your hands hang limp.
17 The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.”

destiny1 18 “I will remove from you
all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
which is a burden and reproach for you.
19 At that time I will deal
with all who oppressed you.
I will rescue the lame;
I will gather the exiles.
I will give them praise and honor
in every land where they have suffered shame.
20 At that time I will gather you;
at that time I will bring you home.
I will give you honor and praise
among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes
before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

destiny2You know what God said to me the other day? I was complaining to Him about how tired I was and how it was too hard now to get up early and have my quiet time. I was making excuses and I was bargaining with GOD about when I could get around to doing the things I had promised Him. Come on now. He said to me, “Child, when you were at Jacob’s Well, you were up every single morning at 4:30 for quiet time with me. You then had breakfast and devotion then went to work (and hard work at that) for a good 8 hours. You had devotions at night, you took a shower, you ate, you got ready for bed, and you even had time to socialize with the other girls. Before you went to bed, we shared intimate moments in quiet solitude. Why can’t you make time for me today?” OUCH…

What is YOUR excuse?

You can read Zephaniah about visions and prophecy at www.biblegateway.com. What a testimony to God’s favor and mercy upon us all! Join in the discussion by posting comments or questions below and let’s do this together!! #ReadtheBible #bgbg2 #BibleGateway #newbeginnings #Zephaniah

To further your reading, consider this from:

destiny3Matthew 7:21-23 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

My destiny is to live for Him. I don’t want to be standing at gates of heaven after all I have been through only to have Him turn me away as if He didn’t know me. My destiny was written before I was born and it’s up to me to make the right choices to live it out. His Word and His plan for my life will not return void as long as I do what He asks of me.

Related Scriptures: Romans 8:29-30; Acts 17:27; Isaiah 55:11