Last Saturday, I made a hard decision to follow the Holy Spirit on an important situation in my life. No, I don't audibly hear from God. What I do receive often is confirmation of things I read in scripture that I just know apply to me or confirmation of the knowing I believe I receive from the Holy Spirit about things I need to do or say.
I got back from my life-changing mission trip to serve LifeLink International in Nicaragua fairly bursting with faith. There's truly something amazing that comes from going away and spending extended quality time with our God. (I guess like Jesus would often do.) And since there was fasting and praying about the situation last week, I know that being filled up on my mission trip definitely helped me make the decision I had to last Saturday.
So waking up to this verse on Sunday morning was cray cray (crazy) confirmation for me because I know that out of the sacrifice I've agreed to make God is going to do wonderfully and abundantly more than I can imagine. He wants to do that for all of us. Sometimes (OK, most times!) it's just hard to release my pride and my point of view to open up to God's plans and purposes for my life because I can't readily see or even understand what's waiting over the hill. With my personality type that's KOABD, but I remind myself that I should live with a heart wide open because God has good intentions toward me and wants to bless my socks off.
I think that's a good thing, and I can't wait for more confirmation as I move forward post-mission trip.
More Nicaragua-related posts to come soon!
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