I woke up with a word that Holy Spirit has instructed me to write. May you have ears to hear, eyes to see and a heart that can receive what He is saying…
Some of you are angry with God, it is a subtle simmering, just below the surface kind of anger that is misdirected… You have felt as though God has been an “off to the side” kind of God instead of front and center. You have stomped your feet and pointed your finger demanding that He be a “now!” God. God wants you to hear these words Holy Spirit is whispering, only your anger has kept you from hearing His gentle voice.
God has always BEEN right before you, front and center but you have been unable to see Him because you are standing in your own way! You have your own agenda as to what you think He should do and how He should do it! And like a dog chasing his tail, you have gone “round and round” but you have gotten no where because you think that God should submit to your agenda. You are seeking Him with a hardened heart. Like a child demanding that a parent do what they want Him to do now. You cannot hear what it is that He is saying because you are not at a place of listening, but of demanding. You MUST quiet your heart and still your mind. Is there something you need to repent of? CHECK YOUR HEART! CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE! Does what you are asking of Him line up with the Word of God? God CANNOT and WILL NOT go against His Word. He is saying as in Isaiah 1:18:
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
It is not that God is standing “off to the side” in your life – it is that you will not allow Him to BE front and center because you are not a place where your heart has been softened, where you are ALLOWING Him to BE front and center… You’ve put up arms that KEEP Him at a distance… Beloved – He IS a “pull a seat up to get closer” kind of God who desires to BE in a close relationship with you – so WHY are you pushing Him away? Your conduct is one that has “ifs” and “onlys” and you have walls that keep you from experiencing the intimacy God has ALWAYS wanted from you… Your frustration is your own!
Quiet your mind and your heart and listen – God does NOT have to submit to YOUR way or YOUR will! You have to be open to submit to HIS. When you have come to a point where you are ABLE to hear the voice of God, You will KNOW the WILL of God. You will see that He has ALWAYS been there for You! He’s been standing RIGHT before you!
Are you ready to listen? Are you at a place where you can receive? Then pray with me:
“Father God, thank You that I can boldly come before Your throne this morning in prayer. Please quiet the noise ALL around me. The noise of my thoughts, the noise of my circumstances, the noise of the world! Thank You for Your mercies that are new EVERY morning. Please forgive me for my sins. Help me to have an attitude adjustment. Please open up my ears to hear and my eyes to see ALL that You would like to show me. If there be any sinful way within me that is keeping me from experiencing Your presence or hearing You speak – I plead the blood of Jesus over myself and ask for your forgiveness. If I have a hardened heart, I pray that you would restore it with a heart of flesh and keep ANYTHING from allowing me to enter into a right relationship with You, where I can hear what it is You are saying. I repent Father, forgive me. Help my thoughts and my actions line up with what Your Word says so that I can TRULY “taste and see that the LORD is good!” I want You to be front and center. Show me HOW to allow it. Help me NOT to push You away, but give me guidance to allow You IN closer. Give me ears to hear, eyes to see and a heart to receive ALL you would like me to know. In Jesus’ precious name I pray. AMEN.”
God LOVES you SO MUCH. But you have to LET Him. LET HIM. I pray that whoever these words are for this morning – that you take time today, go for a walk, or get to a place where you CAN receive what your Heavenly Father would say to you! He HAS a LOT to say! You just have to get yourself to a place where you are not “demanding” to hear Him, but are WILLING to hear Him. I pray that you will, for it is in the center of His will (notice I did not say YOUR will) that You will find Him. That You will hear from Him. That You will ALLOW Him to minister to you in a way that is so intimate, only you and God can experience it together. Revelations 3:20 tells us:
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
We think we know what is best for us until we get to a place where we allow God to SHOW us His best. Until we allow God to be in a place in our lives where we give Him free reign to DO His best in these lives that He created us to live. But you have to be open to it. It is only when you are STILL and allow yourself to KNOW that HE is God, that He can rule over the circumstances of your life. Not because “you demand it” but because God wants you to experience HIS best. To walk in His love, to live according to His will and to experience ALL He has in store for you. He is NOT a “waaaaaay over there” God. He is a _____________ (PUT YOUR NAME RIGHT THERE). I am here, draw closer to me and I will draw closer to you, I love you kind of God. You just have to BE STILL and listen. He’s RIGHT there. And He’s waiting for YOU to drawer nearer – GO.
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