<----- So I have this favorite mug. I've been laughed at for using a "his" mug, but this is how I see it: it reminds me of who I'm waiting for. You Simply Waiting girls will know who I mean. ;)
Then I thought about something else. It should remind me of who I'm serving now. It hasn't, but it should. I'm in a spot in life right now where I'm not sure what God is teaching me, and honestly, I don't feel like I'm learning much of anything. I feel stuck in a routine that doesn't bring any results. I've heard that pressing through the dry times, pressing into God even when you get nothing, is what I need to do. I longed for the passion and ability to do that, but didn't know what that meant or how to do it. I looked into it though, and I think it sometimes involves routine and nothing. God wants us to come to Him even when we don't always get something because it means we were with Him. God wants a relationship with us. We have to do a little bit of the work sometimes because relationships are two-way. It's hard, but I have a hope that someday, after I've pushed through, something AMAZING will happen and I can encourage others with a passion because I had the courage to press through.
"It comes from a personal relationship between you and God. You have to take that time. If you don't hear God, how much time do you spend with Him? It's not just fifteen minutes of opening your Bible and saying, "Show me something. Do something now." Don't give Him a limit. You gotta press in and be as passionate about Him as you are about turning on the television and listening to your radio. Be passionate about listening to Him and just sitting there. Sometimes we girls will sit as a family before God for hours saying, "Okay, God. Speak to us." It's intercession. It's praying. It's being on your face. And a lot of times we don't get anything because God's slowly pulling the things of this world away so we can hear His voice. You gotta press in and be passionate about it." - Lauren Barlow
"It comes from a personal relationship between you and God. You have to take that time. If you don't hear God, how much time do you spend with Him? It's not just fifteen minutes of opening your Bible and saying, "Show me something. Do something now." Don't give Him a limit. You gotta press in and be as passionate about Him as you are about turning on the television and listening to your radio. Be passionate about listening to Him and just sitting there. Sometimes we girls will sit as a family before God for hours saying, "Okay, God. Speak to us." It's intercession. It's praying. It's being on your face. And a lot of times we don't get anything because God's slowly pulling the things of this world away so we can hear His voice. You gotta press in and be passionate about it." - Lauren Barlow
Here's to pressing in. I think I'm gonna try.
I agree, it's so hard! It's ironic how God will speak to us and we will ignore Him for so long, yet when we want to go to God and hear from Him or get answers, we want immediate responses :P
ReplyDeleteI know! That's for sure!
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