Jul 31 2009
What Do You Want?
Before Jesus healed the sick He always asked them what they wanted Him to do.
He never presumed anything. He was God incarnate who was omniscient. He already knew what they needed, but He never presumed. He made them ask.
Do we ask? Do we even know what it is we want? Do we want to be stirred deep inside us to be used for God and to glorify Him in all we do and say? Or are we living for ourselves and what we can get?
Are we willing to examine our hearts, go before God and say we’re willing to respond when He convicts us of going our own way in rebellion or at least living with one foot in each world. It’s because of our willfulness that we as believers in America have made no headway in winning our world. We as a generation are lukewarm, with divided hearts. Our allegiance is not to God alone, which means we have no power in the spirit. In fact, we are scarcely recognizable as Christians.
It’s time for that to stop. It’s time for us to be wake up to be raised from sleep, for we are, currently, giving place to the devil rather than to God.
I challenge you to ask the Lord to reveal what’s down deep in your heart. If you’re really willing, God will show you what He sees, and He will transform us into the image of His Son.
Dare we go hot after God holding nothing back? Will we ask God for everything He has for us, not just in material things but for power in the spirit.
I will no longer settle for the old, dead stuff of our day. Join me and fall in love with Jesus. Settle for nothing less than the fire of God in your belly. Let’s live for God as if today was the last day of our lives.
Because of His great love,
Nancy
