I've been having a lot of down time lately due to being sick and I've just had a week or so where my days have been full of sitting around and having no plans or places I need to go. I've had a lot of time to think and dwell and process. I'll never know all the answers to things I wonder about or worry about (which I know I shouldn't worry)... But I was just sitting today and thinking over the past few days and how I've asked God to show me things in my life and asked Him to heal me and asked Him for this or that or whatever it might be and I just stopped and thought today that God has really already given me everything I need. He never leaves me without. I ask for so much all the time, but He is always in control and things may be confusing to me or I may not be able to understand them, but I have to realize even if God doesn't give me what I want or even the things I think He may want for me... I'll be fine.... because He is involved in every area in my life. I don't shut Him out. I have opened the door to Christ in every area. He is in control of me and my choices and decisions and wants and needs. I just realized today that I really don't need to worry. I definitly would need to if I really was holding something back from Him, but I know I'm not. I've confessed everything to Him. There's nothing that separates me from Him except me when I let Satan try and deceive me. So how can I ask God for anything more than what He's given me? If I truly trust Him, I know he'll protect me and has my best interest at heart. So for now I'm holding off on my "askings"; it's not always bad to ask, I'm not saying that, I'm just saying for me It's time to stop asking for a little while and just praise, because sometimes we just keep asking something when we already have the answer, but things aren't crystal clear so we keep pushing something. So I'm stopping and just praising! I praise You Father for who You are and for what You've done. You are amazing! You are my creator! You are in control. You love me! You hold my heart and I trust in You. :) .... Why do I ask for anything? When He has given me everything!
- Isaiah 30:19-21~ O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."
-Isaiah 49:15-16 -15 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
-Isaiah 49:15-16 -15 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
i love the proverbs verse... Submitting to God is one of the most rewarding things. Too many times I try to rely of my own knowledge instead of trusting that God will grant me the understanding I need as long as I submit to him first. It's like I try to say to God "Okay I'm going to understand You now" instead of what I should be saying "God I'm opening the door and You're coming into my life, bringing with You all understanding I should need."
ReplyDeleteI agree Brandon! :) Thank for the comment .... I added more to what I was saying in a vlog lol I was up late http://www.youtube.com/user/taylorpageh#p/u/4/ZWXi2JROlvY
ReplyDeleteI love your post Taylor. It made me think that maybe instead of always asking for things, I should appreciate what God give me! Love You!
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