Most of us act like the teenage girl in a fairly popular story, where she and her friends were setting out to travel. The mother said to her 'may the Lord ride with you' but she replied 'only if he will ride in the trunk because the car is full'. Later, the car was involved in a crash and all the teenagers did not survive. While the car was badly damaged, the trunk remained intact. When the cops opened the trunk, they found to their amazement, a crate of eggs and none of the eggs were cracked. This suggest that Jesus was actually there in the trunk, he remained where he was kept and watched over what was within his jurisdiction. If I may ask, how much of your life is opened to Jesus? Where in your life have you kept him? And how much of your life is he permitted to watch over?
Most often, we unconsciously keep the Lord out of those little and tiny details of our lives. We feel we have it all planned out. We feel overly confident in our vast knowledge and growing technology. We erroneously believe He is more interested in the so called 'big issues or decisions' of our lives. We forget He is as much interested in all aspect of our lives. We forget He cares more than anyone on earth would (Isaiah 49:15-16). We forget He loves us and wants to be involved in our lives. Even when we remember He loves and cares, our constrained openness stands as a limitation. Remember, the extent to which his power will be made manifest in us is the extent to which we open our lives to Him. Give God full access to all areas of your life, let him take over your feeding, driving, health, dressing, education, finances, travels, family, interactions and relationships, occupation, decision making and many more. He is standing and knocking at the door of our lives (Rev 3:20), can you please OPEN UP!!!
Finally, stop and think of those issues in your life that you have been trying to handle all by yourself or with the help of others. Think about that decision you want to make and the things you are desiring, think about areas you are limiting the intervention of the Lord, think about your every day life and then open them up to the Lord! When you do this, you can be sure you are in safe hands. For the Lord is trustworthy and faithful so 'trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path' (Proverb 3:5-6).
Open up your life to God, let him take over and you will never be disappointed
5 comments:
So true.... The Lord is interested in every little details of our lives. He waits on us to 'let Him in' because, like a perfect gentleman, He won't force Himself on us. May we learn to always 'open up' indeed.
Thank you and Amen to your prayer.
The message from the beginning of the week has been WAITING ON THE LORD, WORRY NOT...That is the word i need. Thanks for sharing.
Open Up..Open Up..Open up!! So easy to chant, yet so difficult to act. It is perceived as a sign of surrender which is further perceived as a sign of weakness. The tendency in us to want to prove and look strong and in-charge makes "Open Up" more of a desire voiced than a reality acted.
@Ayo,I pray for grace for us all, to yield and act on all that the Lord is saying to us. @ Mr Gideon,it is absolutely true that we find it difficult to open up but we must continue to remind ourselves that God is trustworthy and faithful to keep our lives safe if we open it up to him. It is well!!!
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