Friday, February 29, 2008

HAPPY LEAP DAY!

February 29th.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE LORD TO DO FOR YOU?
Lord, that I may receive my sight." Luke 18:41
What is the thing that not only disturbs you but makes you a disturbance? It is always some thing you cannot deal with yourself. "They rebuked him that he should hold his peace . . . but he cried so much the more." Persist in the disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord Himself; do not deify common sense. When Jesus asks us what we want Him to do for us in regard to the incredible thing with which we are faced, remember that He does not work in common-sense ways, but in supernatural ways.
Watch how we limit the Lord by remembering what we have allowed Him to do for us in the past: I always failed there, and I always shall; consequently we do not ask for what we want. "It is ridiculous to ask God to do this." If it is an impossibility, it is the thing we have to ask. If it is not an impossible thing, it is not a real disturbance. God will do the absolutely impossible.
This man received his sight. The most impossible thing to you is that you should be so identified with the Lord that there is nothing of the old life left. He will do it if you ask Him. But you have to come to the place where you believe Him to be Almighty. Faith is not in what Jesus says but in Himself; if we only look at what He says we shall never believe. When once we see Jesus, He does the impossible thing as naturally as breathing. Our agony comes through the wilful stupidity of our own heart. We won't believe, we won't cut the shore line, we prefer to worry on.
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I can think of so many things that disturb me. I was just talking yesterday to a friend who has many disturbances in her life. Worring is at the center of it all and that is where the problem begins. When we begin to feel like we are bearing the burdens instead of giving it to Jesus... because He said that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Choosing to worry and do other things that arn't of God, that is when we make the agreement with Satan... when we chose to worry and allow him to stir the pot of our life. As soon as we break that agreement and truely repent and change the way that we think... it is only then that The Holy Spirit can take the captain's seat back of our life ship and be the navigator. When He is our leader we are just following and that is where the peace is. No worring when the Lord of the heavens and earth is at the driver's seat!~

1 comment:

gail said...

thank you for posting this. this really spoke to me and i emailed it to my dh as well.