This is a 2-part post.
Part 1: What God revealed to me for my daily life today.
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John 14:21(Amplified Bible)
The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]
Last week I started a new Beth Moore study, Here and Now...There and Then... A Lecture series on Revelation.
It's different from the others I've done so far and I am truly excited by what I have been learning. Revelation has always been a difficult book for me to grasp, but as we delve into Chapter 1 and how John, God's youngest and 'beloved' disciple, received this revelation, I eagerly anticipate how God is going to reveal, make known Himself to me, Sita.
This is just so wonderful because this year, my sole focus is to seek His Word, to perceive the 'new thing' that He is doing, to get a 'word' designed especially for me.
It's different from the others I've done so far and I am truly excited by what I have been learning. Revelation has always been a difficult book for me to grasp, but as we delve into Chapter 1 and how John, God's youngest and 'beloved' disciple, received this revelation, I eagerly anticipate how God is going to reveal, make known Himself to me, Sita.
This is just so wonderful because this year, my sole focus is to seek His Word, to perceive the 'new thing' that He is doing, to get a 'word' designed especially for me.
John was 'in the Spirit' when he received this revelation from an angel whom Jesus sent to reveal a message from the Father. I need to be 'in the Spirit' to receive His word to me as well. Daily I must declare that I choose to crucify the flesh and live in the Spirit. If I do not, I will default to my old flesh nature.
For example, this morning, had I declared this, I would not have 'lost it' when my sons delayed so much that we missed my older son's school bus,
then had to follow the route to catch up,
but, get this,
another school bus was in front of us and kept stopping to pick up children...
AND therefore...
I could not pass and my older son's bus kept getting further!
Do you feel my frustration barometer rising?!
There was no hiding my mumblings and groans.
We did finally catch up and turned around to get my younger son to school on time.
He then asked a simple question when we got there. It required a simple response in low well-modulated tones (:.
Somehow it came out in quite a voluble snappish tone.
My younger son calmly responded, "Did you have to say it like that, Mom?"
To which I responded, again in that voluble tone ): "Well, yeah, I'm not perfect you know, I'm a work-in-progress!"
To which my son [he's 12!] again in a calm voice said, "Well, did you at least try, Mom?"
OUCH!
So, I announced to them when I picked them up this afternoon that the next time we were late (grrrr!), we would proceed with a new attitude, one that anticipates a new adventure. The more I thought about that 'chase' and that lumbering old school bus that was between us and our bus and me grrr-ing--well, it was a hoot!
Yes, I would like to daily declare," I choose to crucify the flesh and live in the Spirit."
So, I announced to them when I picked them up this afternoon that the next time we were late (grrrr!), we would proceed with a new attitude, one that anticipates a new adventure. The more I thought about that 'chase' and that lumbering old school bus that was between us and our bus and me grrr-ing--well, it was a hoot!
Yes, I would like to daily declare," I choose to crucify the flesh and live in the Spirit."
Will you join me?
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