HIS WAY, NOT MINE…
His Way, Not Mine, is a lifestyle, not a chore, task or duty. I have failed so many times at trying to be obedient. But obedience is not about complying with instruction; it is about surrendering to God. For most of the people I know, we have tried to live life our way, and it has had its moments of excitement and seemingly success, but deep within, we knew we were not in the place of true surrender. It is possible to know the Word of God, and simply try to apply willpower and disciplines to obey it. And for many disciplined and moral people this works. But still we are so very far from God. I used to think His way was to learn the Bible as best I could and try to not go against the things He wrote. But the closer I became to Him; I realized that I was still doing things my way. This had to change! What troubled me was how could I know so much of the Word, and still be losing battles, within and without. This didn’t add up. So rather than turn from the Word I turned to it again. But this time, I didn’t try to learn the letter of it, but the Spirit of it. WOW, this changed my life big time. It is hard to interpret the Spirit, so people prefer to interpret what is obvious. So often the Word is read and we are told to simply obey. Very few tell us how to obey it. So we live twenty years of our lives on a spiritual roller coaster ride failing and succeeding. It is easier to control others when things are in black and white. But when things are not, it requires each of us to be mature and apply the things we’ve learned in life. Most of us choose not to live this way, because it is easier to live the black and white. This way it is easier to judge others and condemn ourselves. My challenge to you, is to truly seek this lifestyle of Jesus’ prayer in the Garden, Not my will, Lord, but Your will be done. This is a way of life. It starts by surrendering old systems and selfish ways. Forget about how you used to do it, and be open to God’s unconventional ways of doing it. I guarantee that however God does it, it will be different. You will only be able to understand it by Spirit, not logic or reason. You may apply reason and logic in the application of it, but God’s purposes are beyond our comprehension. We must undo what church as the systemic religion has done. We must use the good as a foundation, and grow up into spiritual beings that operate from His unction, not the control of orders, instructions and systems. A truly surrendered heart does not act outside compliance of the systems which surround them, only when the system gets in the way of our doing things His way. Try it today. This is something you can start right now. Say today, it is not about getting things my way. Ask the Lord to help you and guide you in this day into His perfect and Holy will. I guarantee you will see a difference in the outcome. You haven’t known peace until you have learned surrender. And you haven’t learned surrender until you can embrace the lifestyle of HIS WAY, NOT MINE…
Be blessed!
His Way, Not Mine, is a lifestyle, not a chore, task or duty. I have failed so many times at trying to be obedient. But obedience is not about complying with instruction; it is about surrendering to God. For most of the people I know, we have tried to live life our way, and it has had its moments of excitement and seemingly success, but deep within, we knew we were not in the place of true surrender. It is possible to know the Word of God, and simply try to apply willpower and disciplines to obey it. And for many disciplined and moral people this works. But still we are so very far from God. I used to think His way was to learn the Bible as best I could and try to not go against the things He wrote. But the closer I became to Him; I realized that I was still doing things my way. This had to change! What troubled me was how could I know so much of the Word, and still be losing battles, within and without. This didn’t add up. So rather than turn from the Word I turned to it again. But this time, I didn’t try to learn the letter of it, but the Spirit of it. WOW, this changed my life big time. It is hard to interpret the Spirit, so people prefer to interpret what is obvious. So often the Word is read and we are told to simply obey. Very few tell us how to obey it. So we live twenty years of our lives on a spiritual roller coaster ride failing and succeeding. It is easier to control others when things are in black and white. But when things are not, it requires each of us to be mature and apply the things we’ve learned in life. Most of us choose not to live this way, because it is easier to live the black and white. This way it is easier to judge others and condemn ourselves. My challenge to you, is to truly seek this lifestyle of Jesus’ prayer in the Garden, Not my will, Lord, but Your will be done. This is a way of life. It starts by surrendering old systems and selfish ways. Forget about how you used to do it, and be open to God’s unconventional ways of doing it. I guarantee that however God does it, it will be different. You will only be able to understand it by Spirit, not logic or reason. You may apply reason and logic in the application of it, but God’s purposes are beyond our comprehension. We must undo what church as the systemic religion has done. We must use the good as a foundation, and grow up into spiritual beings that operate from His unction, not the control of orders, instructions and systems. A truly surrendered heart does not act outside compliance of the systems which surround them, only when the system gets in the way of our doing things His way. Try it today. This is something you can start right now. Say today, it is not about getting things my way. Ask the Lord to help you and guide you in this day into His perfect and Holy will. I guarantee you will see a difference in the outcome. You haven’t known peace until you have learned surrender. And you haven’t learned surrender until you can embrace the lifestyle of HIS WAY, NOT MINE…
Be blessed!
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