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The ABCs Of Christian Survival And Growth - Remember To Check Your GPS Connection!


Over the past weeks, you may have noticed that there have been a lack of posts to this blog. I have to confess that I came to a point where I began to question whether my writing, along with other things, was becoming a performance that I felt obligated to maintain or whether I was still allowing the Holy Spirit the freedom to lead. So I've taken some time out - not just from this part of my life but from some other very worthy activities as well to submit these things to the Lord and ask some questions: Lord, though I know these things are good and that they bless your heart, are they what you really want me to be doing or have I made assumptions because of their worthiness? I felt led to participate in them at some level in the beginning, but am I continuing now because my flesh likes routine? Because it's become expected by others? Or am I still following your leading? Was your intention for me to participate only for a moment or for the duration? Where am I?

I found myself so exhausted and busy trying to keep keeping up with good things. I suddenly realized that I was so busy, that my quiet time with our Lord was suffering. It felt like there was something wrong. I was beginning to feel my freedom restricted and scripture tells us clearly that there is freedom in Him. Because of this, I wasn't so sure that I was heading in the direction that the Lord was leading. I'd become so busy, that I hadn't taken the time to check my GPS (God's Precious Spirit) connection lately and began to worry. There's a difference between assuming that we know where we are and knowing where we are according to His perspective and desire. A difference between assuming that we should be involved in things because we know that they're worthy activities and being in submission to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I've experienced both and I'm keenly aware that without question, "life" is to be found where the Spirit leads. Having seen my life in the past, the enemy must have been laughing at that moment because he's seen my tendency to be an over achiever and what it's done to me in the past. So seizing the moment, he of course hurled some things into my path to make it even more interesting. But what he still doesn't seem to get, is the fact that I'm not wavering or unsteady in my relationship with my Lord these days and that I'm now well aware that my flesh is my greatest weakness so I watch for it. However I may have responded in the past, I now go to my one source for relief - my Heavenly Father. My confidence is no longer in myself, but in the Holiness of our Master who has a tremendously tender heart for us.

You're probably wondering why I'm telling you all of this. Perhaps just as a reminder that whoever you are, and however far you may have traveled in relationship with our Lord, the enemy never stops looking for opportunities to try to waylay you. He just gets more discreet and crafty. He's an opportunist. And that until the Lord comes to claim us, we're still struggling like the Apostle Paul against our weakness. So if we want to experience the fullness of "life" that our Lord desires for us, we have to make sure that whenever we're moving, we're moving to follow His leading and not making assumptions about where we should be going. There's only one perfect vantage point from which to see the different paths that He's chosen for each of us and it's His perspective. He can see what we can't and it's only by following His leading that we're each able to navigate the particular path that he's marked out specially for each of us. It's only by the leading of GPS (God's Precious Spirit) that any individual has the ability to successfully travel through this life experiencing all that He intended and planned specifically for us. All of His paths lead to Him, but for each of us He has plans and desires that pertain to us individually - paths that contain knowledge and experiences that He knows we need and through which He intends to meet the needs of others. So check your GPS connection frequently to make sure that you're connected and where you should be - it's the only way to know. If you don't think you have GPS capability, you're mistaken. Our Creator provided each of us with it as standard equipment. You just may not have used it before. If so, get on your knees and in touch with the manufacturer. Turn it on and experience "Life". If you want to continue to experience "life" and always have the confidence that you're where you should be according to His plan for you, remember to check your GPS connection and position frequently!

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