January 18, 2013 - Protect The Truth

Have you ever REALLY wondered and asked yourself, "what is God's will for my life?" Anyone other than me ever had that real conversation? Sometimes I wonder if we feel the postcard will show up in the mail next week and simply tell us WHAT TO DO! That would be easy wouldn't it? Let's be real - we all need EASY at times. But I have found that life is not always accommodating. UGH! For example, we are fasting this week as a church family. I wish that was easy, but it's not. I am now to the place of really having to deal with my flesh and spend those depravation times listening more to the voice of the Holy Spirit as opposed to my stomach. Again, not easy. As I lay awake in the middle of the night (hunger keeping me on the edge of sleeping), and meditated and sang, I thought, "wow, it's amazing how much clearer I can hear the Spirit of the Lord while on this journey." Just because I feel sometimes I can't hear God, or I don't know his will for my life in a particular area, doesn't mean he isn't speaking CLEARLY or that He is the least bit confused and doesn't know His plan. God doesn't reason like we do - he is ALWAYS IN CONTROL AND ALWAYS HAS A PLAN. It's easy to view God as a man - and men are sometimes spot on and other times not. We cannot allow our thinking to transpose to this place. God wants the best for us EVERY DAY - NO EXCEPTION - and even on a bad day, when mankind may have disappointed us, God will not. Now maybe you're saying, "PK, I have begged God to get this weight off me." I understand, I did that for years. I prayed every prayer, got in every prayer line, spoke to my flesh, spoke to the refrigerator and was still obese. Yes, I did! Did God's plan to provide healthy foods for my life change? NO. Did God's plan for me to be healthy and live in victory change? NO. Did God purpose and plan for me to be unhealthy and feel like a failure? Absolutely, NOT. God was consistently speaking and offering help, I just wanted to be thin without being disciplined (that's the truth) and blamed God for "giving me bad genes." God became the scape goat. Freedom, for me, came when I moved to short periods of very low calories and lots of hydration. Piece by piece addictions to certain foods began to break. The longer I denied myself access to those items, the more I came to see the truth - the more I could really HEAR God's will in the area of health for me. Once I connected with the truth, built a wall of protection around the truth (......."I will eat............no longer.......") the cycle of excuses in my life became the quiet voice and God's voice moved to the forefront. Is there an area in your health journey that you are still making excuses for? TODAY is a great day to silence the flesh and allow God's voice to speak. Then, build that wall, protect the truth and connect with the FREEDOM DANCE. Have a great weekend, PK