Let God Move

Psalms 27:14 
“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say on the Lord.” 

He’s still wooing this heart of mine after all I’ve done wrong. He’s still using me, even though I fail Him each and everyday. He works in me even when I think I haven’t tried hard enough. I got to see God work this year.
I’ve been doing ministry this Summer and it’s been easier to walk with God because I was around other Christians who encouraged me to keep my eyes on Christ. When you go home and you get back into the “Routine” of life it’s so easy to get away from God again. God worked on me this Summer, He’s still shaping and molding me. He showed me things in my life that I needed to get right and get rid of. He worked on a lot of the young adults that were out serving this Summer. I’m praying we all keep our eyes focused on the cross. We need to cling to the cross if we hope to stay true to Him. It’s so easy to get away from God, especially when we let life overwhelm us with different things that happen. I’m still learning to how to nail it to the cross. I have a way of letting issues seem bigger than God. I forget that He’s the creator of the universe, but He still has me in His hands. I let issues weigh my heart down and I worry WAY too much.  I am weak. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10  “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” But, because I’m weak He can use me. 
My dad taught the bible study at my church a couple of weeks ago it was on fasting and prayer and a couple of verses he used really impacted me. Joel 2:12-13  “Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:   And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.”  What really stuck out to me is where it says to “rend your heart”. Rend means to tear. We’re to turn to God and tear our hearts open to Him. Get on our knees before Christ with every issue life has to offer. 
Take your spiritual bat and smash the discouragement, the worrying, everything Satan will try to use to get your eyes off the Cross. 
So, when your tempted to compromise and go back on a commitment you made to Christ, DON’T. Get on your knees and tear your heart open to Christ. 
There are those times when there’s something on my heart and I pray and it just feels like God isn’t listening, but He does something like He did today to show me that He's still listening. I was listening to music on my laptop while cleaning my room and a song came on that I’ve never heard before it’s called Stand Still. The words stopped me, literally. He was talking to me, telling me to stand still and let Him move.  

Verse 1:

The Father has a plan. Though it's hard to 

see it now 

You feel you're walking all alone. 

But He is there no doubt 

When the storm around you rages, 

And you're tossed to and fro 

When you're faced with life's decisions, 

Not sure which way to go 

Chorus:

Stand still and let God move, 

Standing still is hard to do 

When you feel you have reached the end, 

He'll make a way for you 

Stand still and let God move 

Verse 2:

When the enemy surrounds you, And the walls 

are closing in 

When the tide is swiftly rising, And you wonder

where He's been 

Friend, there never was a moment, That His arms

weren't reaching out 

You can rest assured and be secure, God is moving

right now

I know this post was probably hard to understand because I'm extremely tired, but I'm standing still and letting God move. God is in control no matter what and I forget that He can see the bigger picture. Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." 

Proverbs 3:5-6 

  "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

~Beautifully Created 4 Him~

~Philippians 1:6~