Interestingly enough, my last blog post centered on the little foxes that destroy the vines. My life has been rife with those ever since! Worries, pleasant distractions, illusions of catastrophe and the fear of catastrophe...you name it, the enemy has brought it. I have wavered and cried, but in the end, by the Lord's power I will do what the writer said in Psalms 121. "I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." (v. 1-2, The Holy Bible, New International Version.)
I can doubt, look at the circumstances surrounding me, believe them, believe the Father of Lies, look at what that old fool is doing, look to my own resources (as pitiful as a needle of pine straw) or I can put my hope fully in the God of this Psalm.
"He will not let your foot slip--he who watches over you will not slumber, indeed he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you--the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm--he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." (v. 3-7)
I don't want to live in rebellion to the Holy Spirit. I am fully convinced that that is the only thing that takes me off of my loving Heavenly Father's protective radar. And even that does not remove me from His love. He HAS to let me reap the consequences of my rebellion, and anything less than full submission to the Holy Spirit's cleansing, filling, and gentle direction is outright rebellion. We can call it anything else that we like, but it is so.
Father, pour all of the me out of me and fill me with all of You today.
I can doubt, look at the circumstances surrounding me, believe them, believe the Father of Lies, look at what that old fool is doing, look to my own resources (as pitiful as a needle of pine straw) or I can put my hope fully in the God of this Psalm.
"He will not let your foot slip--he who watches over you will not slumber, indeed he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you--the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm--he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." (v. 3-7)
I don't want to live in rebellion to the Holy Spirit. I am fully convinced that that is the only thing that takes me off of my loving Heavenly Father's protective radar. And even that does not remove me from His love. He HAS to let me reap the consequences of my rebellion, and anything less than full submission to the Holy Spirit's cleansing, filling, and gentle direction is outright rebellion. We can call it anything else that we like, but it is so.
Father, pour all of the me out of me and fill me with all of You today.
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