When life gets real you get to make real decisions.
I started to write this blog yesterday, and the day before.
It started with an exclamation of frustration and then came
several lines about how hard it is to make hard decisions.
Well today I am right on top of having a realistic view of
all of the pros and cons to this choice, and it all boils down
to... what do I want?
This is not the selfish kind of want. In fact it is the God ordained
kind. Did you know that existed?
After you are done being baby fed by The Holy Spirit, God will
call you to a deeper level of obedience in your relationship
with Him. The great part is the fact that with greater
obedience comes greater intimacy and connection with The
Creator of ALL things. BTW- that is where true love and
validation are found.
But, for me, and I know a lot of you, obedience sounds
dreadful, heavy, burdensome, and even scary.
It can be, but if you are on the path that God has set before you
and you are allowing God to actively participate in your life
then obedience is FREEDOM.
And it allows you to have discernment about choices you get
to make.
Now no one hates to be told what to do more than me. Unless
of course it is my father, or my sister. But, if you have been
participating with God, He will at some point have earned your
trust and you will believe that He wants greater things for you
than you could ever dream for yourself. He wants you so free
and so healed, and so fulfilled that no matter your circumstances,
your life is still filled with peace and joy.
I mean seriously? We have The God on our side and He is willing
to endure our tantrums and wrong choices until we get to the
point of trust?
Simply put- yes.
And in our obedience we find that our choices line up with our
dreams and that our dreams fill our lives to the fullest of our
potential and that in the end glorifies God.
It's a perfect system and we get to chose to participate,
or not to, and make all of the decisions in between.
The immature relationship has prepared you with all of the
tools you will need to make all of these decisions. The
mature relationship hinges on whether you make the right
ones. Thankfully, the right ones are the ones you actually
really want.
May you be finding what it is that He put in you to desire, and
realize that those are the things your dreams are made of, and
may He give you the discernment and endurance to see them
come true.