November 7, 2014 - Fellowship Friday

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This past week I have been going through alot of trials. I have had to keep my mouth shut, get on my face and pray, trust and believe. A couple of weeks ago I prayed God please draw me close to you, please put a desire in me to get back in your word daily and trust you. And here I am. But the best things about a trial is how you come to the place where you have to say God I can not do anything without you, and I can not fix this, so here is it I give it to you. Help me, Save Me, and Heal Me. And the peace that comes from giving your problems to Jesus is awesome. However, the fleshly side still sees no way out, has a couple of anxious moments. You have to stop and remind yourself. Jesus has this now it isn't yours. Trust God through everything. You can not fix anything. He made everything and rules over everything therefore he can fix everything. Sometimes not to your liking but we are merely servants. Our Father knows what is best in our lives. Does a servant tell a King what to do? No. Does a servant ignore the King? No, he comes reverently and with a humble spirit. To be in the presence of a great King is an honor. Do we Christians act that way? No. We do not. Lets be honest with ourselves because you can not "fix" the problem until you recognize that you have a problem and need help fixing it. Let us worship our KING daily. Let us humbly come to HIM and ask what He would have us do in our lives that best honors Him. Let us ask what His will for our lives is and stop trying to do it ourselves. In any race there is a start line and a finish line and along the way there are signs or someone to point the runner in the right direction. God has our "race" plan already drawn out. We get off course and get lost sometimes when we try to go somewhere faster. If we would just stay on the path that is set before us and realize it the BEST course for our lives then it would save alot of heart ache. TRUST GOD. HUMBLY SUBMIT TO HIS WILL. SEEK HIS WILL. ASK FOR HIS HELP. HE IS THERE.

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