...though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers. Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left. You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, and the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; you will say to them, "Get away!" ~Isaiah 30: 20-22
His wisdom is always at our resource; His instruction is available before we are even aware that we need it. The things that have us so preoccupied become despicable when we choose to walk in His grace. When people get confused about the "will of God," aren't we really just obsessing over the "next step" to take? But isn't the will of God simply to bring us closer to Him and to each other, and to make us more like Jesus? All of our "next steps" are revealed as we move to a place where we can actually listen to Him. Let us despise the things that hold us back from Him-- not because they are "wrong," but because we love Him too much to let anything stand in our way.
I had a dream once that I had no money and yet was trying to buy ice cream for everyone I knew. I was too proud to let on that I was broke, and wouldn't allow anyone else to pay. You know what happens when you insist on giving out that which you cannot even afford to purchase? No one gets ice cream. It's just a big, fat bust. The whole "Come and buy" principle is only relevant when we are seeking the Source; let us beg from Jesus before we claim to have something to give. It is not doing anyone any favours when we parade around, masquerading as some counterfeit Good Humour man. The good stuff can only come from the feast of heaven, and I would rather sit as a begger at the feet of Jesus than offer something I cannot afford to give out of my own poverty.
Let me be the one who’s humble and contrite in spirit; the one who trembles at Your word. And let my thoughts be music to Your heart, and let me speak Your words of life to those who stumble in the dark. And no matter what I do make me sensitive to You; make me sensitive to You. Change me through and through till there’s nothing I can do but bring glory unto You. And let me live for things I cannot see like Your love for me and all the ones who need to find You. And let me lose my life and all I have to be found here in Your hand, and I will follow close behind You. And no matter what I do make me sensitive to You; make me sensitive to You. Change me through and through till there’s nothing I can do but bring glory unto You.
i have seen this road before; my hands have pushed against this door; my heart has fallen into sin; will You find me on my knees again? all but death will keep me here till I lift my head and find You near. there is nothing more I need; You are the life and death of me.
