October 24, 2012
"Call to me
and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not
know." Jeremiah 33:3
God says to call to Him. When you call to someone
you have to wait for an answer. Think of either calling out or actually calling
someone on the phone. It takes time and patience to hear from them. Usually
when we call, they answer and have great things to talk over. In the “Message”
it says, “Call to me and I will
answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous
and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.”
Perhaps I need to listen more to the answers He is giving. What great things is
He telling you?
"For it is
God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose."
Philippians 2:13
Also from the “Message”
it says, “ Be energetic in your
life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s
energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will
give him the most pleasure.” It isn’t
about our wants and desires. It is about what God wants and wills in our life.
Granted when we are inline with what Christ has for us our hopes, joys, and
desires match His own. However, we need to make sure that we aren’t
making the plans and expecting God to bless. We need to seek His will and act
accordingly. God is working in each of our lives. It may not always be exactly
what or how you would have planned, but isn’t
it better to trust in Him and His ways.
When we do trust Him, it is always FAR more than
we could ever imagine. “God can do anything, you
know- far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest
dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Sprit
deeply and gently within us.” Ephesians 3:20
(Message)
“Now
to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think,
according to the power at work within us.”
Ephesians 3:20
Be
excited for what the Lord has for us. May we CALL to him and LISTEN to all that
He is asking us to do.