A daily relationship

Thinking today about my relationship with God.  Do I really live every day as if he is vital to me or do I only respond to him in circumstances of stress or fear.  I think for me it's a little of both.  As I grow in my relationship with Jesus I turn to him sooner and sooner in times of stress and fear.  Jesus is a vital part of my everyday life too but I don't always act like it.  I get caught up in the moments of my day.  Usually the expectations put on me by others or myself.  I can really relate to what Paul says in Romans 7:15 "I do not understand what I do.  For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."  The desire of my heart is to put God first in every circumstance, every conversation, every encounter.  But often my fear of what people will think takes over.  I believe we should tell people about Jesus and use words only if necessary.  But I forgo so many opportunities to love on people because of my fear of being weird.  I am so thankful for the end of that passage in Romans because it speaks my heart. Romans 7:24-25a "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me form this body of death? Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord."  YAY!!!!!! I don't have to do anything right.  God already did it all through Jesus.  I don't have to live up to others expectations of me.  I can be me and God loves me that way!  No matter my failures and flaws God uses them all for his glory.  Thank you Jesus!!!!!!

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