If I'd listened to satan, I'd have never given my life to Christ; if I had listened to my parents I would have never married Samuel; if I had listened to my dad I would have been working at Krystal's; and if I listen to some of my "family" and some people who call themselves my "friends" I would stop the fostering / adoption process. I'm so thankful that in EVERY situation I've sought and received God's will!!!!
Maybe at times you've felt the same. God can and frequently does use our friends and family to convey and confirm His will. But He doesn't have to.
We talked about prayer this morning in church. So few of us truly pray anymore. Oh, we've got God on speed dial for the usuals like meal blessings and the like. But, and I'll be the first to confess here again, there aren't many members of His church spending intimate moments with GOD that often.
We desperately need to. All of us. How else do we expect to have the kind of courage and confidence exhibited in my friend's post, as one who KNOWS what God's will is and is ready to follow Him ABOVE ALL else?
How else can we presume to develop the kind of much needed attitude displayed in the following anonymous quote:
"Lord, I renounce my desire for human praise, for the approval of my peers, the need for public recognition. I deliberately put these aside today, content to hear you whisper, "Well done, my faithful servant."
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