At His Feet--Oh, to Dwell and Never Leave

Today was awsome! I finally set things right with God again. All rebellion is gone. I am back at that place of complete obedience, and let me tell you, it feels good! God showed me that all I had to do was obey and sit at His feet.

I began thinking things like "Its not fun being obedient" and "Why do I always have to be the good one?" I never dwelled on these thoughts for very long, but they were always there. God showed me this morning through the life of Samuel, that obedience is a sacrifice to Him. I do love Him and respect Him enough to obey. So yesterday, I started doing everything He told me to do and immediately repenting when I missed His voice(because He is showing me the minute I do something that is not His perfect will, which has been my constant pryer to Him for quite a while now).

He also showed me, through the life of Samuel(I am doing a study on David), that it is okay to be grieved by the disobedience of others. It is NOT okay to focus on their wrong choices(instead of Him), or to let my grief cause me to sin. Like Samuel, I am to take that grief and cry out to the Lord in intercession for them. It must be an immediate obedience, because the enemy is good at getting me to focus on how others are missing their blessing.

That leads me to the renewing of my mind. God has called me to turn my mind over to Him, and I CHOOSE to do so. He showed me that I don't have to think on every thought that enters my mind. So today, I started a process. Every thought that enters my head, that I am not absolutely positive came from Him, I cast it into a box(figuratively speaking). I then trust that if it was from God, He will bring it back to me. So basically, I am refusing to think on anything that is not from Him. Today was day 1 of this process, and the enemy trid to bombard me with his thoughts. As, the day went on, and I continued prevail(Praise Jesus!), the process did get easier. I know that as I continue to do this, I will eventually be thinking totally with the mind of Christ versus the mind of the world.

And the only way to get there is to stay at His feet!