A CALL TO REMEMBRANCE 2 1 12
I had such a passionate, heart filled devotional experience this morning in prayer. It didn’t start that way but I thank God it ended this way. After taking my complaints and stressors to the Lord (we all need a chance to vent sometimes) I read the Book of Psalms 77 out loud while still in prayer. During the second reading my heart began to stir as I began to feel and relate to the words of King David. The verses that made my heart move were
10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
12I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings (kjv).
In reading these words of the King I began to remember the years of the right hand of the Lord in my own life. In particular the days of my youth when He undeniable, unequivocal, indisputably delivered my life(2 year old son at the time and 12 year old sister) from death. I began to recall the thoughts, feelings, words and actions on that fateful night and how it would’ve turned out totally different if the Lord hadn’t showed His right hand of mercy, grace and deliverance for my family. Calling this wonder to mind I couldn’t help but cry, lift my voice in adoration to the Most High then fall to my knees in humility and gratitude. What I love about the words of the King is that he was so honest as to question God in his mental swaying and emotional doubts but He came to the conclusion He would CALL TO REMEMBRANCE the wonders of God of old. The King refused to rely on his current mental, emotional and situational state to dictate the validly and truth of God’s existence but instead let the prior acts and testimonies of God prove His existence and presence in his life. Sometimes, like the king, we will question God, wonder if He is near or even exists but do like King David did then and like I did this morning: Call to remembrance God’s acts and wonders in your own life and your doubts, questions and uncertainties will become convictions declarations and proclamations such as the king’s in verse 14.
14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Felecia
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Don't look back
DON’T LOOK BACK
Must your past have a direct connection to your present or future? You have the power to create the present and it need not have anything to do with your past. Whenever we look back we recreate a present state of the past which in turn can create a “ false state of being and living” (which is the reliving of something that is dead and over with) because God never meant for the past to ever become or replace what he has ordained for our present and future state. Do you know that God has purpose for every present and future second of your life?
Take a look at the passage concerning Lot and his family.
“Run for and towards your life. Pay no attention, give no regard to what is behind you which is destruction, agony, punishment and death and don’t stay in the open plain (the world or land of barrenness, deserted place) where you are alone, unprotected and vulnerable but rather run to the mountain (which represents the height and strength of your future in God) where you can hide and seek refuge”
But Lot’s wife looked back remembering past thoughts and feelings and became crystalized in her past experiences. (Gen 19:7 19:26; Felecia’s amplified version).
Lot and his family were commissioned to not look back, period! They were instructed to run for their lives, towards their new lives not back for the lives they once had. They were to turn their backs to their old lives for God knew what was behind them didn’t represent the present or the future state He had for them. When we are delivered, set free from a situation whether by desire or not, forced or willing, right or wrong we are commissioned to not look back unless we become paralyzed in our past like Lot’s wife who looked back and turned into a permanent fixture of salt which became her eternal present state.
You stop looking back when you stop looking back! You stop looking back when you make a decision to stop looking back. You stop looking back when you realize you have a life and future to run towards and not back for. You stop looking back when you realize the past was never meant to be “looked” upon (which is why we don’t have eyes in the back of our heads) and when one understands you can’t continue to look back and expect to ever experience the true sense of what God meant or has in store for the present or the future.
Above all please take heed: Every second spent looking back turns a piece of you into salt………
Don’t become like Lot’s wife and be found dead looking back in the past.
Must your past have a direct connection to your present or future? You have the power to create the present and it need not have anything to do with your past. Whenever we look back we recreate a present state of the past which in turn can create a “ false state of being and living” (which is the reliving of something that is dead and over with) because God never meant for the past to ever become or replace what he has ordained for our present and future state. Do you know that God has purpose for every present and future second of your life?
Take a look at the passage concerning Lot and his family.
“Run for and towards your life. Pay no attention, give no regard to what is behind you which is destruction, agony, punishment and death and don’t stay in the open plain (the world or land of barrenness, deserted place) where you are alone, unprotected and vulnerable but rather run to the mountain (which represents the height and strength of your future in God) where you can hide and seek refuge”
But Lot’s wife looked back remembering past thoughts and feelings and became crystalized in her past experiences. (Gen 19:7 19:26; Felecia’s amplified version).
Lot and his family were commissioned to not look back, period! They were instructed to run for their lives, towards their new lives not back for the lives they once had. They were to turn their backs to their old lives for God knew what was behind them didn’t represent the present or the future state He had for them. When we are delivered, set free from a situation whether by desire or not, forced or willing, right or wrong we are commissioned to not look back unless we become paralyzed in our past like Lot’s wife who looked back and turned into a permanent fixture of salt which became her eternal present state.
You stop looking back when you stop looking back! You stop looking back when you make a decision to stop looking back. You stop looking back when you realize you have a life and future to run towards and not back for. You stop looking back when you realize the past was never meant to be “looked” upon (which is why we don’t have eyes in the back of our heads) and when one understands you can’t continue to look back and expect to ever experience the true sense of what God meant or has in store for the present or the future.
Above all please take heed: Every second spent looking back turns a piece of you into salt………
Don’t become like Lot’s wife and be found dead looking back in the past.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deut 6:5 and Matt 22:37)
The Creator commands us to love Him with everything in us a love that is so deep it surpasses the deepest depth of the ocean floor (36,000 feet) yet it continues to find ways to grow deeper each day He blesses us to remain in this life. What love? And yes this kind of love for God is possible and have been made possible through the death of Jesus Christ who so loved each and every one of us He gave His life (John 3:16) so we might feel this unconditional never ending kind of love that God has for us so we can in turn feel it back towards Him. So what are we called to love God with? According to this Scripture we are called to love Him with everything in us: Our thoughts, feelings and strength.
Why do you think God created us with a mind? So we could love Him with our mind with goodly and lovely thoughts about His love, grace and mercy. A heart? So we could feel for Him, want Him and love Him with thankfulness. Legs? So we can run towards His altar. Hands? So we can lend to others and reach for him? Knees? So we could bow down before Him in worship? Mouth? To praise Him and testify of His love.
God created us for His glory (Is 43: 6-7) and for the explicit purpose of us loving Him with our entire being. But if we are to love God with our mind, heart and might we can’t then use our mind, heart and strength to love the world and our flesh (which is our own way of thinking, feeling and doing). A choice must be made whom we will love. We can’t serve two masters.
God made it possible for us to love Him with everything we got. I’m not Keith Sweat but I do ask this question: How deep is your love - that is for God of course? Is your love for Him so deep you can drown in the depths of the excitement about seeking, serving and obeying Him? Or could it be your love for Him has no or little depth and is floating on the surface of excuses, denial, procrastination or ignorance? Take the challenge! Make a New Year’s resolution to love God with your mind by thinking of His ways and commandments, your heart by feeling the delight of love in serving Him and might by doing things that express your love for Him such as praying, reading His word, attending church, giving, forgiving, repenting, seeking, loving others and keeping his commandments.
Felecia
The Creator commands us to love Him with everything in us a love that is so deep it surpasses the deepest depth of the ocean floor (36,000 feet) yet it continues to find ways to grow deeper each day He blesses us to remain in this life. What love? And yes this kind of love for God is possible and have been made possible through the death of Jesus Christ who so loved each and every one of us He gave His life (John 3:16) so we might feel this unconditional never ending kind of love that God has for us so we can in turn feel it back towards Him. So what are we called to love God with? According to this Scripture we are called to love Him with everything in us: Our thoughts, feelings and strength.
Why do you think God created us with a mind? So we could love Him with our mind with goodly and lovely thoughts about His love, grace and mercy. A heart? So we could feel for Him, want Him and love Him with thankfulness. Legs? So we can run towards His altar. Hands? So we can lend to others and reach for him? Knees? So we could bow down before Him in worship? Mouth? To praise Him and testify of His love.
God created us for His glory (Is 43: 6-7) and for the explicit purpose of us loving Him with our entire being. But if we are to love God with our mind, heart and might we can’t then use our mind, heart and strength to love the world and our flesh (which is our own way of thinking, feeling and doing). A choice must be made whom we will love. We can’t serve two masters.
God made it possible for us to love Him with everything we got. I’m not Keith Sweat but I do ask this question: How deep is your love - that is for God of course? Is your love for Him so deep you can drown in the depths of the excitement about seeking, serving and obeying Him? Or could it be your love for Him has no or little depth and is floating on the surface of excuses, denial, procrastination or ignorance? Take the challenge! Make a New Year’s resolution to love God with your mind by thinking of His ways and commandments, your heart by feeling the delight of love in serving Him and might by doing things that express your love for Him such as praying, reading His word, attending church, giving, forgiving, repenting, seeking, loving others and keeping his commandments.
Felecia
Sunday, January 1, 2012
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. De
Whew! Reading this Scripture yesterday, I knew the word spoke directly to my own experiences so I had to study it this morning and write my very own amplified version:
And you shall call to mind and never forget to speak of the journey of roads of tests and paths of afflictions the Lord Thy God navigated you down these 40 years in an strange unhabituated land with no natural maps or compasses for the purpose of manifesting what was in your heart through calculated trials of experience to see if your obedience to His commandments would take precedence over your flesh which is your own way of thinking, feeling, doing and not His.
Thank you Lord! We will all have a wilderness experience/s which is an experience of attacks, oppression, afflictions in the way of rejection, hurt, pain, anger, grief, lack, uncertainty, loss, abasement so forth. Some of these experiences may be shocking, embarrassing and may strike suddenly. Yet and still some of our roads of mental, emotional and physical uncertainty will be orchestrated by God Himself for the purpose of blessings us after the fact through the testing of our level of devotion, fidelity and faithfulness to His word in the face of our predestined and situational trials and tribulations. Does your heart testify that you are obedient to his word by keeping your body pure as he walks you down the road of singleness? What about the paths of unemployment, divorce, breakup and bankruptcy. Not to insinuate that God causes these things to happen but does your heart bear witness that your mouth still praises Him, your mind still thinks well of Him and that your actions still glorify Him.
The Lord wants us to call to remember our very own journey of wilderness experience because if we trust and obey Him - HE will surely bring us out and into our promised land of fulfilled dreams, goals reached, prophecies and desires. He never wants us to forget where He brought us from so we never have to go down those same roads again. Remember that Jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days and nights with the Devil but when His heart was found to withstand the temptations of the Devil the Lord God brought him out of the wilderness and into the land of fruitfulness walking in his calling winning souls. Jesus never had to go down that same road again with the Devil!
So if you’ve had a wilderness experience revisit it from time to time to keep it fresh in your spirit so you will stay humble and grateful. And for those of you who are traveling down your roads of testing now I don’t know how long your wilderness experience will last or what tests lay before you but I’m a witness that God will bring you out emotionally whole, mentally sound and spiritually full if you obey and keep his words. Remember that God will not put more testing on us than we can handle or allow us to be tempted beyond our capacity because He will always provide a way out (1 cor 10:13). Not a way out of the journey but a way out of the roads of demonic strongholds, depression and help and hopelessness.
Felecia
Whew! Reading this Scripture yesterday, I knew the word spoke directly to my own experiences so I had to study it this morning and write my very own amplified version:
And you shall call to mind and never forget to speak of the journey of roads of tests and paths of afflictions the Lord Thy God navigated you down these 40 years in an strange unhabituated land with no natural maps or compasses for the purpose of manifesting what was in your heart through calculated trials of experience to see if your obedience to His commandments would take precedence over your flesh which is your own way of thinking, feeling, doing and not His.
Thank you Lord! We will all have a wilderness experience/s which is an experience of attacks, oppression, afflictions in the way of rejection, hurt, pain, anger, grief, lack, uncertainty, loss, abasement so forth. Some of these experiences may be shocking, embarrassing and may strike suddenly. Yet and still some of our roads of mental, emotional and physical uncertainty will be orchestrated by God Himself for the purpose of blessings us after the fact through the testing of our level of devotion, fidelity and faithfulness to His word in the face of our predestined and situational trials and tribulations. Does your heart testify that you are obedient to his word by keeping your body pure as he walks you down the road of singleness? What about the paths of unemployment, divorce, breakup and bankruptcy. Not to insinuate that God causes these things to happen but does your heart bear witness that your mouth still praises Him, your mind still thinks well of Him and that your actions still glorify Him.
The Lord wants us to call to remember our very own journey of wilderness experience because if we trust and obey Him - HE will surely bring us out and into our promised land of fulfilled dreams, goals reached, prophecies and desires. He never wants us to forget where He brought us from so we never have to go down those same roads again. Remember that Jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days and nights with the Devil but when His heart was found to withstand the temptations of the Devil the Lord God brought him out of the wilderness and into the land of fruitfulness walking in his calling winning souls. Jesus never had to go down that same road again with the Devil!
So if you’ve had a wilderness experience revisit it from time to time to keep it fresh in your spirit so you will stay humble and grateful. And for those of you who are traveling down your roads of testing now I don’t know how long your wilderness experience will last or what tests lay before you but I’m a witness that God will bring you out emotionally whole, mentally sound and spiritually full if you obey and keep his words. Remember that God will not put more testing on us than we can handle or allow us to be tempted beyond our capacity because He will always provide a way out (1 cor 10:13). Not a way out of the journey but a way out of the roads of demonic strongholds, depression and help and hopelessness.
Felecia
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