I was reading Jeremiah 1-5 and I really started to tear up because the people of God was really playing with God. All He wanted was for them to repent and come back to Him, but they couldn’t do that. They were being so ungrateful and selfish. Holy Spirit was like yeah, this what y’all do. This is how you treat your Heavenly Father and this is how it makes Him feel. I had to repent because hunnay I felt guilty. Obedience can be hard but I think we just make it more complicated than it needs to be. We simply need to make a choice and the simple way is to just say YES. We make the wrong choice everyday or most of the time and it spills over into our ability to intentionally choose God. Yes to God, yes to His way. Whatever He says, say yes. Whatever He asks, say yes. Most times we don’t choose Him and that hurts Him, I mean who wouldn’t be hurt. My niece said you know I realize God is “pick-me” lol I said giiiiirrrlll you are so right and as He should be. Especially when He is giving you chance after chance after chance. Giving you sufficient grace(2Cor.12:9). He’s giving you signs, you’re hearing Him for yourself but ignoring Him, He sends someone to speak to you and you just let it go over your head. It’s so disheartening. The people of Israel and Judah not only forgot God but then started living life for other people, worshipping other gods, putting on a false identity and they did not care. It doesn’t say they didn’t care but I mean how could they have cared when they continue to simply violate God, just disrespectful. I never want to forget. That was my prayer Father forgive me for the times I did that, if I ignored you or took your grace and mercy for granted. I want Holy Spirit to snatch me up every and anytime I find myself slipping because I refuse to go to hell because I couldn’t simply just choose God. Oh na, uh uh. No sir. I’m good on that lol.
If God be for me who can be against me?!(Rm8:31) NOTHING AND NO ONE. Letting defeat take over and fear drive out my light is not the answer. I’ve been catching myself have moments of thoughts that I know are not mine and as an over thinker my innate reaction is to dwell on it and analyze it, break it down all sorts of foolishness. But Holy Spirit has been coming through clutch to comfort me and remind me to cast it down(2Cor.10:5). Thank you Lord for reminding me that you are with me always. Thank you for reminding me that your ways are not my ways(Isa55:7&8).
We can get so caught up in the moments of life we tend to complain and murmur about things that aren’t really worth complaining about. Imagine it(whatever you’re going through) being worst. God has given us the capacity to endure certain things. The issue is we try to do it without Him. That’s why life starts life’n and now it seems like you’re drowning or failing or can’t find a way forward but if we look to the hills from where our help comes from(psalm121:1) your help will come. Also, you don’t get to decide what that help looks like. Help doesn’t mean you do everything, and micro manage. Your job is to pray and have faith in the one you prayed to, if He gives you further instructions you do that. Help is when you allow someone to come to your aid, to be your support in times of hardship. That’s Gods desire for His children to come to Him and bring everything, all your trauma, hurt, failures, burdens, cares, worries desires it all.
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