Day 7 – Biscuits and Gravy
Let me ask you, do you tithe? If your answer is yes, then trust the Father to keep His Word. Remind Him of what He promised.
Malachi 3-10-12- He promised to rebuke the devour for our sake.
It is not your job to figure out How, it is your job to trust and obey.
John 16:7- Jesus promised us an advocate
John 14: 15-18 – The Holy Spirit is our helper
John 14:26 – The Holy Spirit Is our teacher
Romans 8:26-27 – The Holy Spirit is our intercessor and helps in our weak times
2 Corinthians 3:17- When the Spirit of the Lord is present there is freedom
There is such a peace that comes from being in the presence of God. I lived a time of separation from God. I had so many sleepless, fearful nights. My life was in complete chaos. People all around me were using me. I was being abused. I was so broken. I begged God to just take me. I couldn’t see past my mistakes and my failures. I couldn’t believe I allowed myself to live like this. I truly was living the story of the prodigal son. I could barely talk to my children because I was so ashamed of my life. During our summer visit they would stay with my family, my children never came to my home and that devastated me. I am thankful that they never actually were part of that life. A life of sin and bondage. The saddest part of this story is that I had walked with God and known the power of the Holy Spirit, yet I walked away. I walked away because I stopped listening to the gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit. The noise and chaos drowned out the still small voice. Even when it was loud and resounding, I ignored it, why, because I was caught in the enemy’s trap. I couldn’t find a way of escape. I knew the only way out of this bondage was Jesus, yet I couldn’t turn to Him because my shame held me down. The enemy stole a lot from me. I want to say that when I was redeemed that my life was just so wonderful and happy. Facts are I still had to allow God to work through all my junk. I had to allow the Holy Spirit to be my teacher. I had to own up to my mistakes and make amends for what I could. I had to leave every part of my old life behind. That is probably one of the hardest things we ever have to do. We love being social and when we walk away and have no one we truly learn that Jesus is your very best friend. You can’t bring Egypt with you to the promise land, God has so much better than what we leave behind. We just get so comfortable with the old, that we don’t accept the new he has for us.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like cold biscuits and gravy. I like them when they are hot. That’s how we have to see our relationship with God we can’t get Lukewarm, Just going through the emotions and motions is a very dangerous place to be.
