Reflections4Life™ January 9, 2022
"I Will Listen to the Lord"
"A wise person will hear and increase in learning. And a person of understanding will acquire wise counsel." Proverbs 1:5
Scriptures for the Series: James 4; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 119:11; Lamentations 3:40; Psalm 51:10; Proverbs 11:28; Psalm 37:4; 42; Luke 3:4; Psalm 66:9; Isaiah 30:2
We have made it through the first week of the New Year by the grace of GOD. His mercies and grace are enduring, allowing us to prepare our hearts and minds in moving forward and receiving all that He has ordained for us. Yet, to truly receive what the Father has for us, we must fine-tune our hearts and ears to His frequency and listen to what He is saying and instructing us to do.
I decree today's Reflections4Life will be a continued source of encouragement and inspiration for your heart, mind, and soul. Lend God your ears so He may speak to your heart, also. Allow Him to fill you with His knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Listen to what He says, then follow the instructions He gives. For certain, they will lead to an abundant and promised life.
This week's second Declaration in the Declaration Series is I Will Listen. We cannot fully walk in the promises of God for our lives if we do not listen to what He is saying or follow His instructions that He gives us. Sure, we can go about our business living life as we choose. God gives us that right. We all have a right to choose the path we take. However, if we desire the perfect will of God for our lives and to walk in His promises, then we must learn to listen, following the instructions set before us. The instructions that God gives in His word and in our private time with Him are not just kind and suggestive words. What God has shared is an actual roadmap to success.
We spend a lot of time seeking ways to live our best life. We seek fame, fortune, success; even healthy and godly things, but we are not listening to the One source that can and will give us everything. God! We twist ourselves; even to the point of abandoning our relationship with the Father, after a lifestyle or what we deem. to be perfect for us. We find ourselves so far removed from God and a relationship with Him. Some do not even find their way back, having gone so far. They listen to the lies of the enemy, believing that God would never receive them again; some never realize all they had to do was call on the name of God and He would deliver them.
But you see, that is the goal of the enemy. He desires to separate us from God. To, create a huge gulf and trick us into believing that God would never forgive us because we have gone too far. Like he did in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. They were so ashamed of what they did, that they clothed their nakedness and hid from the presence of God. That is where the enemy wants to get us and eventually take our lives before we have the chance to reconcile with God and learn the truth.
And what is that truth? That, if we would listen to God; repent and turn from our wicked ways (2 CHRONICLES 7:14), confess our sins, lay everything on the altar, God will forgive us, heal us and our land, and place us in the position to receive all that He has ordained for our lives. Beloved, all we have to do is listen to God and follow what He suggests. Yes, it all remains our choice. But why wouldn't you want to follow the plans of the Creator that created you and this entire world and universe? That's a pretty awesome resume!
My Beloveds, may the spirit of peace and prosperity find permanent rest in your lives. I decree that every good thing that God has ordained for your life will become evident to you. Listen to God. Follow His precepts; His instructions. Though some things might prove difficult, allow God to be your strength. Confess, repent, and move forward in the Lord, receiving what He has ordained just for you! You are blessed. Now go...and be a blessing!
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