“When my way seems too hard, Lord, it really isn’t. You are with me. When my load feels too heavy, it’s not. You carry it. When my heart feels like it’s breaking into pieces, it isn’t. You are molding me. When I feel overwhelmed by the pressures of life, I’m really not. I’m at rest in you. You keep me in perfect peace when I trust in you, when all of my thoughts are fixed upon you. Letting go of who I have always believed myself to be, I reach for who you have created me to be. Starved for lasting joy and peace, I’m now ready to reach for the life and purpose you have chosen for me. Moving to the edge of what I have never had the courage to allow, I launch into the depths of what has been my uncertainty. One breath and one moment at a time, you form me, you fire me, and you fill me.”

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Form Me, Fire Me, Fill Me (page 143)

Priceless

Rejoice always. Pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
—1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 (NIV)
It takes time for a priceless pearl to form or for me to discover the inner beauty that comes from the trials of life. A pearl’s perfection comes from the constant irritation of sand within an oyster. Life is filled with constant irritation. Those irritations can spur me on to spiritual maturity, or they can destroy what God wishes to produce. Whether good or bad, my life is a result of my attitude.
It is God’s will that I have a good attitude in all circumstances. I will pray. I will praise Him no matter what happens. Trusting God with a no-matter-what-happens attitude can lift me above life’s many train wrecks when I surrender to His lesson and not to the circumstance.

To have this kind of trust, I persevere to grow spiritually. I yearn to have a sacrificial attitude that manifests itself in obedience. Strength, joy, peace, and a new positive attitude come from surrendering to God’s transforming power. Surrender is not an option; it is a necessity. It certainly does no good to rage against my circumstances. When God’s incredible mercy is my reason for living, then giving myself is something that comes through the renewing of my mind by the power of the Holy Spirit. I don’t fight against His lesson. I obediently seek what He wants to teach me. I sacrifice any fight against circumstances that are beyond my control. By gracefully accepting the pruning of the Vinedresser’s hand upon my life, I accept His molding. Learning God’s lesson becomes my passion

 The price He paid deserves my surrender. My will yields to His. I just let go of my desires, my agenda, and my control in every circumstance, and I allow God to lead me. In allowing God to be in charge, I have spiritually determined that letting go is worth everything for what I receive in return. In the moment of surrender of all that I struggle to control, I discover the gift of His peace. God gives me the freedom to love Him or not love Him. What an amazing gift of love!:   

 I yield my last claim to any right. I seek that priceless pearl. I will sell all of myself to Him in order to possess it. When I surrender all the shallowness of who I have been for the fulfillment of who He is, I discover that, in surrender of His life for mine, I have become His pearl of greatest price. Such love is beyond my mind’s ability to understand. I don’t need to understand. I just let it go, and I accept the miracle of His priceless worth.
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