Sister's of the Son Part V

I just reread something from yesterday blog, "God is not mocked"  this is one powerful statement. Think about this for a time.  I think sometimes when we sit and read the Bible, we should really spend some time and just absorb, like a sponge, the things that we read.  Don't just gloss over the words, absorb them.

We reap what we sow...do you nag? Remember we reap what we sow.  If we are a negative and a down cast personality we will receive this back...is this what you really want?  If this is not what you want change it.
Now you could change this on your own, but, it would be a whole lot easier to change this kind of behavior if you ask the Lord to do it.  Of course this will only work if you have completely and without reservation turned your whole being over to the Lord.  Do you have any bad habits?  Well I have had some..and I have discovered that bad habits are really not that difficult to quit, if we first of all ask the Lord to remove the desires and then just do it!  So many people say, I will try...well if you try you are allowing yourself the option, yes, you are allowing yourself the option to fail.  You can say I will try! But you need to say I quit!
Remember what you focus on is what you will find.

Listen for and hear the words of the Lord.  Notice I said words...I am going for a conversation.  Sometimes the conversations I have with the Lord are so wonderful...and they point me in the direction that he wants me to go.  When you are listening for and to the Lord...remember one very important thing...if what you are hearing is not positive, this is not from the Lord.  In other words, the Lord only speaks to us in positive terms, and very clear directives..

John 7:37

King James Version (KJV)

³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

Are you thirsty for the Lord?  If you just come into his presence, He will give you a drink of Living Water.  How awesome is this? If you have a busy life, and frankly these days, there aren't to many of us that aren't busy.  But God wants us to have balance in our lives...are you right brained or left brained?  This is a phrase that my guess is,  the Lord doesn't care for...and I say this because God wants us to have and to be balanced in our lives...He doesn't necessarily want us to just use one side of our brain more than the other.  The Lord wants us to have balance in our lives. 

Have you ever considered where you will be in five years from now.  I may be a great grandmother.  This is quite possible for me and my husband.  Now I want to ask you, where will you be in the Lord, five years from now...are you currently living your life in such a way that the Lord will be able to use you for His purposes.  We have a lot of people in our church that are involved in mission work..however one family really comes to mind when I think about this...Bobby Joe and CJ and there three wonderful children.  They are taking up their roots and going to Africa.  They are living there lives in such away that the Lord is able to quickly and effectively use them.  To me this is awesome!  Tim and I have a few little bills to pay off and then I am going to start the process of getting our passports.  Something you have to have in order to go anywhere in this world.  So this is our way of preparing to be available for the Lord.  It is up to us, as Christians, to tell the world about the Living Waters of Christ, and just exactly what it is that Christ did for us.  When you pray you might want to ask the Lord to give you a desire to,  and a vision for, spreading the Gospel.

Well I think we will have one more day and the I will be thru my notes from this past weekends retreat.  So for now, go and be a blessing to someone, anyone, and perhaps to someone you don't even know.