BeyondSeeLevel

Sometimes, we think the ultimate sign of release is being able to cry about something that’s grieving us.  But the ultimate sign of release is actually surrendering to God. You may or may not cry.  Sometimes,  God will remind us not to become so dependent on our emotions, but to choose to make intelligible decisions. Because sometimes our emotion is the thing that keeps us in bondage to sin. Often times,  feeling good and feeling bad is the only thing that will motivate us to change for the good or bad.  When we rely too much on the ebb and flow of our emotions we get in trouble. Sometimes our desire to cry can be an attempt to manipulate God and convince Him with our tears and down countenance to change our circumstances. But God is not like man.  We can convince man with the flow of our tears.  But God discerns our hearts. Basically, God is saying He doesn’t want us to emotionalize this encounter with Him.  He wants us to be very much intellectually and spiritually aware of what’s going on and what we need to do. There’s a time and a place for everything.  And right now is not time for us  to be all up in our feelings. Right now,  He wants us to think & do.God knows the difference between our tears of surrender and our tears of manipulation. Do you have a broken and contrite heart or are you just broke down?

#MovedByYourRepentanceNotYourTears

#GodlySorrow

*tj

For many, an inability to accept the will of God is directly connected to a lack of knowledge of the will of God and the promises of God revealed in His Word. It’s a lot easier accepting the will of someone when you understand their intentions and their plans. You may have even said, “I just wish I knew why.” A lot of us will consume ourselves with wanting God to reveal our course of the race we’re in. But it’s not the course God reveals to us; it’s the finish line. As a matter of fact, the course is TBA (to be announced) for a reason. The course of our lives can change at any given moment without our permission. When you already know the course of your race, there’s no need to trust the plan. Therefore, you wouldn’t need faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things NOT seen. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Some of us have had some hard realities that we’ve struggled with accepting in our lives. The course that we’ve been on seems unfair at every turn. But the promise reminds us that the race is not given to the swift, but to those who endure to the end. We pray, “If it be Your will.” But He reveals His will, (not our course) to us for our lives in His Word.
Why is this important? If we’re not careful, we will find ourselves holding God to promises that He never made. And when He doesn’t orchestrate our course (not His plan) the way we desire, pursue and/or pray for, we feel like God didn’t keep His word. We resent Him. We treat Him as if He lied to us. But God can’t lie. God wants us to have a ‘beyond the grave’ kind of faith. But for many,our faith only extends as far as our earthly efforts and desires. This means that if your desires aren’t  fulfilled and seem to die from defeat, so does your faith in God. Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus. Jesus said, “Nevertheless, not My will be done, But Thy will be done.”
Lord help us to accept Your will and trust Your plan even if we don’t like the course.

*tj