God Dependent, Not Independent.

          Throughout the course of self discovery, my hope is that you will thoroughly anchor yourself in His Word, trusting that His plan for your ultimate destination, is far better than anywhere you might have imagined for yourself.

God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!  Ephesians 3:20

          You need to unashamedly welcome the help of the Holy Spirit and let Him be fully operational in your life, if you are to maximize the purpose for which He was given to you.

          The deep-seated counsel of the Holy Spirit is fully accessible to you the moment you become a believer, and is able to guide you, even (and especially) when you are lost and seem to have found yourself off course. Once you realize this, you will become less dependent on yourself, and with time, wholly dependent on God.

          My whole life, people have said to me, “God won’t give you more than you can handle”, well, as good as their intentions were, I call “poppy-cock”. It’s absurd to think that God would make our life so perfect that we never needed to call on His name. If we are able to take care of all of life’s dilemmas, then why is there a need for a Savior?

          Using wise discernment, follow your inner “God-prompting”, and allow the Holy Spirit to have a voice. Can you trust Him for direction, or do you need to see miraculous wonders and signs? I will unwaveringly put my trust in Him, just as the writer of Hebrews did. He encouraged the Hebrew nation with these words,

“Trust in God. Your faith is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It is the certainty of what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.”Hebrews 11:1

          God set out a straight path before us and we keep running in circles, taking detours, trying to figure out why we’re not making any progress. If you want a different outcome, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done. I challenge you to be confident in your faith and rely on the nudging of His Spirit.

          I have to constantly be aware that I don’t get out of step with God. I’ve had to learn to tune into those God promptings, and overtime, it has taken me on an unexpected direction on my journey of discovering who I am. So I want to leave you with this.

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:1-2