Whats throwing you off balance?

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;”

Proverbs 3:5

Having an older brother brings out the adventurous side in you. As a kid, I used to walk on the boundary wall of my house which connected the gates (my version of the high wire act). Yesterday when travelling on the subway I was wondering where all my sense of balance went !  With every stop and jerk of the train , I found myself reaching for the railing overhead.  I actually did ask God “Lord as a kid I used to walk on the edge of the walls and all , and now I cant seem to balance in a train…  Whyyyyyyyyy ?!” and its amazing at how sweet our heavenly Daddy is, He answers even the funny questions of our heart. He brought my attention to my insanely large backpack on my back which held 9 books, a laptop and a lot of other stuff too. And He said , “What’s on your back is throwing you off balance, let go and you will find yourself stable”.

Of course I was happy to know my sense of balance hasn’t gone totally off , but here is where God nudged my heart even more… God has created us with hearts completely capable of trusting in Him completely. Its when we start carrying unwanted things upon ourselves (worries, our understanding, our striving, hurts, offenses, unforgiveness…) that we get thrown out of balance.

If we would just lay it all down, and surrender it all to Him, then it doesn’t matter what jerks , stops, twists or turns come on the way… Nothing can deter us for our trust is in Him completely.

Trust in the Lord with ALLLLLLLL your heart and lean NOTTTTTTTT on your own understanding.

God Bless

Hold on

“When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble. Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her for she is your life.”

Proverbs 4 : 12-13

Ever walked on a slippery path and been glad there was a railing you could hold on to ? Ever been so tired and you had these steps that you had to climb and you were so glad there was a railing you could hold on to , to help pull you as you climbed ?

If we would take firm hold of His instruction it doesn’t matter how difficult the path ahead of us. When we walk our steps will not be hindered and when we run we will not stumble.

2 Timothy 3 : 16 – 17 , “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

God has given us all that we need … we are thoroughly equipped for every good work. Hold on to His instructions,  eat of His word…

God Bless

My dwelling place 24*7

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty”

Psalm 91:1

I must have read this verse a hundred times… God has this fun way of getting our attention… I have always been captivated about “abiding under the shadow of the Almighty”. As a kid I for some reason always pictured myself just safe under shadow of His wings.

The other day though this is what grabbed my heart , “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High”. Some translations have it as “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High”. He who dwells ! He who dwells…

The word dwell means “to remain” or “to live as a resident”…. Just picture that with me… He who resides, he who lives as a resident in the presence of God ! Wow ! The problem with most of us is we think His presence is a guest house: - ) It’s a Sunday morning visit or a daily morning visit as part of our Christian routine…

God has called us for more that that… we are to dwell in the secret place , dwell in the shelter of the Most High… to reside constantly, to just live in His presence… and when we do, we shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty… We know He is over us…

It’s a 24*7 state of being. Its not something we do… its just who we are … we are those who just dwell in the secret place of the Most High.

I pray God will stir up our hearts to make that our greatest desire.. to just dwell in the secret place of the Most High… Doesn’t matter what’s happening around us… doesn’t matter what the circumstance… we are His children abiding under the shadow of the Almighty

God bless

When push comes to shove...

“You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and surely I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and make sacrifices of peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, till I come to you and show you what you should do.”

I Samuel 10: 8

When Saul was anointed as king by Samuel, Samuel told him how God would be with him and what would happen as he went. Now one of the many things that Samuel revealed to Saul was this, that he would go to Gilgal and there after 7 days Samuel would come and will show him what to do as they would offer burnt offerings and peace offerings. Sounds good ? Yeah precise instructions, blessings, just been anointed as king.

Lets fast forward to chapter 13. We see time has progressed and when the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, the Israelites were scared.  We read in I Samuel 13 : 8 , “Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel, But Samuel did not come to Gilgal and the people were scattered from him.” And so Saul decided to take matters into his hands. Verses 9-10 , “So Saul said, : Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.: And he offered the burnt offering. Now it happened as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went to meet him, that he might greet him.”

When push comes to shove will we be found trying to make God’s word come to pass or will be found trusting in Him and His faithfulness ? Saul was scared that the Philistines had gathered and that the people were scattered. Samuel had said that Saul would have to wait for seven days. But as that seventh day was going by Saul decided “I better do something… this is way beyond me… what’s going to happen … I don’t know…” Here is where holding on to Him comes into play.

A lot of times when we are in a place where things are so way beyond us, we know God is with us , we know we have to wait , but when  push comes to shove we decide to go with “How do I make God’s word come to pass…” , “How do I make this happen”… When God has promised us something He will bring it to pass. He is not a man to lie.

I pray that this word will hit home today. May we be a generation that knows to rest in Him when push comes to shove. Maybe it’s the end of the seventh day and it seems like the words spoken over your life aren’t coming to pass, maybe you are surrounded by an army that from a human perspective seems just so overwhelming and too much to handle… Remember we were never called to fight battles alone… God is with us… The victory is ours for He fights the battles for us. We just walk into freedom and victory.

God Bless

Turning off the cold

“One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek; That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.”

Psalm27: 4

Compared to where I am from, where I am right now is pretty cold. For anything, I want the water to be nice and hot even if its for washing the dishes. So there are the same usual two taps for – one for hot water and one for cold… I open both and the water is warm but not as hot as I would want it to be… so I turn hot water tap to the max and the water is still pretty lukewarm and bam ! this is what God speaks to me “In order to be hot you need to learn to cut off the cold” So yeah I did turn off the cold water tap and lo the water was really hot . Of course God was speaking about more than just water mixtures..The same thing applies to us in our walk with Christ.. we try and have both the hot and cold in our lives and think oh I am doing this and this and this and so I should be hot , but we might find ourselves lukewarm. The reason ? We have things that make us cold running alongside within us…Its Time to turn off the cold. There may be some things in our life that God wants us to change, to turn off, to prune, to cut off , for us to be truly on fire for Him.

The verse speaks of one thing , this one desire , this one thing David will seek , and that is to just dwell with Him all the days of his life just gazing at His beauty and studying at His feet.

A lot of us try and do several other things and expect that to compensate for having spent time in His presence.

We need to spend time and find out what are the several things we are seeking and turn off the cold. May our greatest desire , May the only one thing we seek is to just dwell with Him just gazing at His beauty and studying at His feet.

God Bless

Today is purposed

“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps”

Proverbs 16: 9

The other day I forgot my office access card at home and happened to be going early to office. What that meant is that I would not be able to enter into my office building because it was pretty early. As I went “Oh no” in my head , God said “Don’t worry, there is someone who will be there ahead of you and will open the door”. I thought to myself “hmmm ok God” and continued on my journey to office. As I reached the office building and glanced at that closed office door from across the road I thought “Hmmm.. I don’t see anyone around…” but I have learnt that when God says something He takes care of it and we just have to simply obey. So I walked towards my office door and I was a few steps away from the door and suddenly this guy comes ahead of me and swipes his card and opens the door for me to enter. I was like “As You promised Lord ! You are so amazing”

Its amazing the way God so beautifully prepares everything for us. Its amazing how all we need to do is just walk in obedience into what He has orchestrated.

God’s purposes and plans for us are just so way beyond what our minds could ever comprehend. The Lord directs, the Lord establishes our steps ! Psalm 139 : 16-18 , “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You”

Isn’t that amazing. In His book have been written the days regarding us , every one of them even before such a day even existed. Still thinking this is just an ordinary day ? Still thinking there is nothing God centric about today ?

This day and every day is all about Him ! He has things written down regarding every single moment of every day . He establishes our every step.

I pray that we seek to live every moment of every day as His heart desires and we will see His plans unfold.

Today is not without purpose. TODAY IS PURPOSED and that’s why we are in it. Thank you Lord

God Bless