Being led is really about surrender, submitting a wish, a thought, an action, YOUR LIFE to something or someone. Until you make a conscious heartfelt choice otherwise, you are being led by your old, unrenewed way of thinking. Why do I say “Heartfelt”? This all comes down to YOU!!! No matter what else you say, or how easy it may be to point the finger at someone or something else. It all comes down to you the choices and the actions that you always make, built upon the true beliefs that are reflected in your dominate thoughts and in the words that you perpetually speak.
No one else can think for you, feel for you (or more accurately, feel JUST like you do about whatever it is), or do your push-ups!!! If you want to lose weight, you need to control what YOU put into your mouth and change the way that you move your body, no one else can do it for you. It’s the same way with being led, who you surrender to determines the choices that your make. The degree of your heartfelt commitment determines the amount and quality of energy that you will give to seeing your choices come to life.
YOU -- AND ONLY YOU -- ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN PUT THE ENERGY INTO YOUR IDEAS, YOUR CARES, AND YOUR DESIRES. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN LIVE THE DREAMS THAT GOD PUT INTO YOUR HEART!!!
Here’s where it gets tough you have to allow the truth into your heart, no matter how painful that it feels. Because only TRUTH – LIFE HIMSELF -- can truly heal, mend, nurture, care for, and love that painful emptiness that feels like a hot knife being slowly dragged across your very being. No matter what you say, your actions have shown the world the truth, evident by the amount of pain or joy, bills or money, tears or smiles that you have left behind you.
Being led is the surrender of our unspoken belief is that no one can/will take care of us better than we will ourselves. This is where we come face to face with one of Satan’s greatest lies, “That God doesn’t want you to have the best in life!”.
What does the fruit of your choices, your life tell to the world? Is it a story that makes you want to laugh, to cry, or duck your head in shame, humiliation and regret. The values of what you are allowing to lead your life are the foundation of your choices.
If you want to change your life, start by changing your choices. What are you submitting to, being led by? Do you truly want change enough that you would die for it, to give your life for it. How much of a price was Jesus willing to pay for you to have this dream, HIS DREAM, inside of your heart, He Died For It.
Jesus went to the cross in order to supply you with the authority and resources to fulfill that dream that you have buried, just like the guy in the story about the talents. Thank God that Jesus left a living example for us to follow.
This is, of course, easier said, then done. The problem comes in with the truth that most of our present choice gives us some sort of emotional pay-off. It’s not so much the result that we don’t want to let go of, but the comfort zone that our emotional pay-offs keep us locked up in. Too many of us would rather dwell in a comfort zone of the known, even if the end result (of just staying in your comfort zone) leads to killing, stealing or destroying the very things that we claim to want to protect instead of facing the fear of the unknown.
This is where the deception of Satan comes in. There is a SPIRIT of fear that we allow to drive our thinking. This spirit of fear attacks our perception and our imagination. Twisting a whole lie around a nugget of truth. But the very energy that many of us call fear is really the energy that God has placed in us to help us to get over the hard spots, the obstacles in life. Walls, barriers, strongholds that we get to exercise our power and authority over as heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus. Walls, barrier and stronghold who’s greatest usefulness is in helping us to grow stronger in faith and ability to be the Godly steward over the things that He desires to place in your realm of responsibilities. The Bible tells us that we don't have a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. But the spirit of fear trains us (by focusing on what’s wrong) to misname the very energy that God has sent to help us.
It’s also about comfort, to release the comfort of the known, and learning to walk by faith into the future promise that lays waiting in the fruit of your gifts, skills and talents. It’s the coming face to face with that dread of failure, fear of rejection, or anxiety of having to maintain success . What if it doesn’t work, what are they going to say. It’s learning to see your life, naked, raw without the comfort of the excuses, the woulda’s, coulda’s, shoulda’s, the truth being truly seen through God’s eyes, heart and desires. To fully embrace truth in our hearts and with our actions without the twisted interference of Satan. There is a place of safety, a place of protection, a place of refuge.
We will always find this spiritual sanctuary, the joy of being in God's Presence, when we allow ourselves to be led by His Very Own Spirit.
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