What stood out to me in the video this week was eyes to see...everything would change and you would dance the dance of your life. Angela told the story of her little girl seeing angels singing "protect this girl" over her head when she was struggling with being wrongly accused and having to go into a meeting to defend herself the next day. She spoke of how this is so true in our lives everyday...God has angels appointed to us to protect us and our families and our homes. It was a very powerful picture she painted.
But the main the main thing I got was...
eyes to see
ears to hear
heart to obey
mind to respond
When we're following Christ and lead by the Holy Spirit, we will obtain all these things. Gradually.
Deuteronomy 29:2-3
"And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, 'You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land; the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders. 'Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see nor ears to hear. 'I have led you forty years in the wilderness; our clothes have not worn out on you and your sandals has not worn out on your foot. ;You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you might know that I am the Lord your God."
Deuteronomy 5:34
"Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 'To you it was shown that you might know that the Lord, He is God; there is no other besides Him. 'Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth he let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire. 'Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power, driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you to bring you in and to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today. 'Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. 'So you shall keep His statutes and his commandments which I am giving you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time."
It all comes down to trust.
Do we trust Him with our heart? Do we trust Him with everything? Do we trust Him to take our hand and lead us away from the wall to dance the dance of our lives? We may be like the Israelites, and have seen the signs and wonders. He may have even let us hear His voice but do we have the heart to respond? Do we really trust Him? Trust is a funny thing because its a two way street. What about the fact that God has trusted us? He has given us all His creations and trusted us with them. He has given us a choice to follow Him and enter into a relationship with Him if only we trust Him. He trusts that in your journey, through a relationship with Him, you will obtain eyes to see, ears to hear, a heart to obey and a mind to respond.
Often times we are pretty untrustworthy to God, no better than the Israelites. We make commitments to God haphazardly and as soon as life throws us a blow, we are out...looking at the world to fulfill us. We bail on marriages as soon as something bad happens and calls for endurance and forgiveness, we bail on serving God as soon as we get disappointed because God didn't pull us out of a bad life situation, we even get mad at God when our kids do wrong after we have dedicated them to God.
We said it before but it's worth repeating...it's not an overnight thing. It's a journey. One you will be on for the long haul. Ever changing, ever growing. So if you have those eyes to see but you struggle with that mind to respond part or you are pretty good with obeying but just pray every night for God to open your ears, don't get discouraged. You're a work in progress. We all are. Just think about how far you've come and where you were in your journey 5 years ago, or 10 years ago...or even just 6 months ago for that matter. God is moving and he wants to keep moving in your live...you just have to trust him.
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