Posted in General Posts by sara martin on 2/18/2012
As I prepare my heart for this journey to 11 nations, I begin many of my prayers with God as "help me I have no idea were to start". I had a moment of weakness threw my bible in the air to have it open to chapter Psalm 67 . I began to cry as I read through it. I so easily forget that in Gods word is His heart for us, for the nations. I love it when God meets me.
Lets come together for these nations and pray.
God I left up Thailand, Nepal, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Latvia and Estonia.
Let Your Sons name be glorified in these nations, let Your will be done over these nations as it is in heaven. Rain Your grace over them. May Your love abound.
Psalm 67
God be merciful to us and bless us,
And cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
That Your way may be known on earth,
Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!
For You shall judge the people righteously,
And govern the nations on earth. Selah
Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Then the earth shall yield her increase;
God, our own God, shall bless us.
God shall bless us,
And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
In Jesus name Amen...
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Posted in General Posts by sara martin on 1/29/2012
. . . it has not yet been revealed what we shall be . . . —1 John 3:2
Oswald Chambers- Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life— gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring.
The end of last year I found myself with a injury to my Achilles heal. (Its slightly torn so I opted for non-surgery)
I didn't know this was going to happen when I said yes to going to The World Race. I know this is not a punishment or that God let this happen to me so He can teach me something. How ever it is teaching me where my heart is with Him.
I find myself wanting to push the ones I have developed deep relationships with away and shutting down my emotions, because I think “it easier then trying to communicate to them my feelings”. Which in essence I am closing my heart to God. My reactions to the injury is to act it out in my relationships with the ones closest to me. If this is true, how close am I to Jesus?.
This is what I have seen God reveal in me, that my lack of trust to come to Him. I should know this by now that He can handle my emotions that they do not hinder His love for me. Yet the grace of His majesty calmly weighs in as light of the morning dew over the horizon kisses the spring flowers good morning. God is so gentle in bringing us back to the root of faith Jesus said “. . . unless you . . . become as little children . . .” (Matthew 18:3 ). The spiritual life is of a child.
Oswald Chambers-We are not uncertain of God, just uncertain of what He is going to do next. If our certainty is only in our beliefs, we develop a sense of self-righteousness, become overly critical, and are limited by the view that our beliefs are complete and settled.
If I have the right relationship with God, life is full of spontaneous, joyful uncertainty and expectancy. Jesus said, “. . . believe also in Me” (John 14:1 ), not, “Believe certain things about Me”.
Whether it’s my leg being injured or my inability to express my feelings to God. Being certain in Gods plan in my life allows me to experience the place I am at in my life now, I don't know what tomorrow will bring "for tomorrow will worry about its own things. "... Matthew 6:43 . Still remaining faithful to Him no matter how many people pray for the healing of my leg and at the moment I am unable to walk away with out the boot off my leg, that He is healing it. Knowing I can come to Father God as a child is Sooo Powerful. He cares about our emotions and can handle them all and want us to come to Him as children...WOOP WOOP Praise God, He is So GOOD...
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Posted in General Posts by Sara Martin on 1/26/2012
If God so clothes the grass of the field . . . , will He not much more clothe you . . . ? —Matthew 6:30
A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple. Jesus asks us to consider that “if God so clothes the grass of the field . . .” how “much more” will He clothe you, if you keep your relationship right with Him? Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than Jesus Christ. We have allowed “the cares of this world” to enter in (Matthew 13:22), while forgetting the “much more” of our heavenly Father.
I am now less the 6 months away from my departure date and as I seem to be doing the inessentials to pre-pare for The World Race, I seem to be looking at a list that keeps getting longer not shorter.
Now I know there are about 60 of my teammates who feel this way (doubled if they are married) so being alone is out of the question...So why write about lists at all?
My thoughts are wondering toward Jesus as a man Who had to travel Himself with not only His 12 but a group of followers as well Luke 8:1 .
Feeling a little over my head with all that I need to do on the front end of this trip, can have me sometimes zeroed in on it as if I don't have time. There are the urgent list Vaccines, Doctors, fundraiser dinner semi-urgent list health insurance, financial aide to pay doctors and non-urgent list things tents, bags, socks.
A thought came to me as I was editing my fundraiser invites Jesus didn't worry about money, He left to the care of a thief. It gave me encouragement for the finances for this trip and the medical bills.
“Look at the birds of the air . . .” (Matthew 6:26). Their function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over them. Jesus said that if you have the right relationship with Him and will obey His Spirit within you, then God will care for your “feathers” too.
As I allow myself to be bombarded with list's I lose the sight in what God does which can be dangerous cause the enemy is ready to help us lose track of truth. God made promises He is faithful to complete what He started. So if this is part of my growth in Him, I want to be obedient.
"we also glory in tribulations"... Romans 5:1-5 (Really you should read this verse SOOOO Good)
“Consider the lilies of the field . . .” (Matthew 6:28). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things. Did Jesus Christ lie to us? Are we experiencing the “much more” He promised? If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on our service to Him? Consecration is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?
As I ask these questions I ask Holy Spirit to help me stay focused on God. As I do I see the list not making me so overwhelmed. Heres to gazing at my Beloved...
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