Chuck Lenhart, a truly Holy Spirit-led missionary, spoke to us in class this past thursday, beginning the first of our evangelism focused classes.
The very first word Chuck shared with us was something God put on his heart during Lance's introduction. Chuck said, "God uses those people who yield themselves to him." It was so neat that he shared that, because around the same time, I was thanking God for the hold He has on my heart. I was caught up in the thought that I've done nothing to deserve his care for me or his plans for my life, but He is always so quick to remind me of them and pour love on me.
He went on to encourage us to turn the weak areas of our lives over to God because when we do that, He will use us in great ways. I'm really thankful for the things in my life that God helped me give to him at an early age... things like the TV I watched, words I could've said, or the ways I thought about myself. He saved me from a lot of bondage in those areas of my life. I can see that so clearly now, looking back now that a few years have passed. Today I'm asking God what things still exist in my life that I haven't submitted to him.
The first one that comes to mind is the discipline of my prayer life. I know that I need prayer. I know that it makes all the difference in how I live my day and how I minister. I am so hungry for victory in my prayer life, because in the past I've really struggled with just going after God for that to be satisfied. Even now as I write, I feel like God is bringing me to a place where He's breaking chains and thought processes that keep me in the same cycle of just not praying.
God, I want you to break off the lies that exist in my life about prayer and the guilt traps satan tries to use against me. I want to see prayer and intimacy with you in the purest form rather than being swept away by anxiety and condemnation. I CHOOSE today to submit this area of my life to you... to not go at it half-hearted or make it all about my schedule. I just want you. I just want to know you and choose you and remind my heart every day of your great love for me and all the counsel and help you offer me. I rebuke anything that aims to frustrate your freedom in my life. I won't glorify areas of weakness, only tell them that victory is coming and that God's strength will be shown to be even more perfect in my weakness. I am victorious in Christ and nothing can hold me back from the freedom and life Christ already purchased for me when he gave his life for me. I love you, Lord. Thank you that your victory is real!
Thank you for the great things you have done in my life... there are many, many, many years of that still to come. Thank you for bringing me into freedom today, even as I write a blog. I love you, Lord.
I will always be one who yields myself to You.
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