Who are you running to?

WHO ARE YOU RUNNING TO?

He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it." 

- Luke 11:28

Regularly we claim we love God and we praise Him constantly for His goodness but we refuse to surrender to what He has to tell us.  The selfishness of our hearts combined with our lack of authentic desire to SEEK God, can often play a large part in our separation from the instruction of The Father.

Many of us are swallowed up with a trial in our lives, whether that is in relationships, within family, the overwhelming of stress or whatever you are personally currently battling. In order for us to truly understand what God wants us to do or to even give us clear instruction we must make the effort to speak to Him about the worry and bothered emotions engulfing our hearts and distancing us from Gods will in our lives. We must learn to depend on Christ alone and be concerned with what HE has to say first as both our wonderful counsellor and our PRINCE OF PEACE.

When we simply take the time to speak to Jesus about something that is angering us or causing distraction in our walk with Christ, we are forgetting our own plans of mending and filling voids with pointless things of this world, and we begin to allow the KING to take over with His hand of righteousness. We want to love God and we want to hear what He has to say, which can be found in intimate conversation with God. Through prayer and reading our word we are exhibiting a desire to know what GOD has to say and not just the knowledge that MAN can provide.

Too often I have been personally been convicted by the idea that I run all over to different people asking what they think I should do, what I should say about a certain situation etc. Yes that can be helpful by allowing the wisdom of your brothers and sisters in Christ to be used efficiently, however we must not make people our main source of guidance! Through quiet reflection and prayer before the Lord we begin to recognize His voice and are able to carry out the tasks He has set forth for us to fulfill. 

In Luke 10 Jesus meets the women Martha and Mary. Majority of us take on the personality of Martha of who is running around doing all these things for Jesus, but fails to rest and acknowledge the presence of Him. Is that you? Are you so caught up in serving His Kingdom that you refuse to sit before Him and ask Him about the things going on in your life? Do not allow pride to push away from The Father. His hand is always gentle towards you and constantly welcomes you to learn from Him, but we must accept His daily invitation to do things HIS WAY. As Martha remains worried and upset about little things, Jesus tells her that her sister is not wrong in sitting at His feet and listening to what He has to teach her. Jesus says that Mary has discovered the one thing worth being concerned about, which is His holy presence. If we undertake the mission to bask in Jesus’ presence instead of being worried about what we feel like we need to complete, we can HEAR what He is instructing us to do over what the world is pressuring us to do. Jesus encourages us through this scripture to REST OUR HEARTS.

Make the decision to develop that fire for Jesus’ presence through the Holy Spirit. The next time you get frustrated or have a stressful day, think about WHO you are going to turn to. Don’t even make it an option to turn to anyone else before GOD. Display your reverence of Him, by taking the time to sit at the feet of Jesus and talk to Him. Even if you struggle to do it through prayer, He will still appreciate you just turning to HIM before anyone else. Do not conform to your own emotions or instincts of your flesh, but instead take some time out to roll your care onto God and present Him with your struggle. Be confident in knowing you serve a God who makes all things right in His time, and who sustains His children through the fires. Submit your heart and listen to what your saviour has to say. Run to the CROSS.

Some scripture to meditate on:

This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he 

is my God, and I trust him.

-         Psalm 91:2

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful 

Father and the source of all comfort.  He comforts us in all our troubles so that we 

can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same 

comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will 

shower us with his comfort through Christ.

-         2 Corinthians  1 :3-5

Thank you for reading. Take some time to come before God about your current battle. Keep in mind His solution is always bold and is suited to develop you in your walk with Christ. ASK HIM FIRST.

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