Ok - I can't believe it's already been a week since I've posted....where does the time go????? I mean - it seems like it was only a couple of days ago - not a week........wow......
This blog isn't really about me or Jake per se - its mostly about what I've been feeling and studying in the word. Our ladies ministry on Saturday was about Listening to the voice of God. It was an amazing service. Even though it was pouring rain on the outside - it was awesome inside the house of God!
Sometimes it is so hard to step out of our flesh and just be quiet before the lord - we allow our busy lives to consume us and we offer up these quick prayers - like - "thank you god for my home, my family, our blessings...you are such a good God - thank you for your protection". They are good prayers - nothing wrong with them - but sometimes, they are repetitious and are said without any real meaning......I'm guilty of the same thing - I sometimes find myself in such a hurry - that I don't take the time to really sit and thank God for all he has done for me.......
Learning to sit in quiet sometimes is uncomfortable - it takes some of us out of our box and makes us focus on something other than our self - but, it's in those quiet moments that we can begin to hear the voice of God speaking to our hearts. I love to put on "soaking" music (all that is - is music that is worshipful - like Kari Jobe) and just be still before the lord - or read my bible - just spend time focusing on him - not all the things that I have going on in the world.
Some of the scriptures that I found while I was studying for our Saturday meeting were the following:
Psalms 141:2 "May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice"
Psalms 91: 14-16 " Because he loves me - says the Lord - I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation"
2 Corinthians 4: 17-19: For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal".
Those are just a few that I have been studying.............
The words to Kari Jobe's song - the More I seek you are so powerful:
The more I seek you
The more I find you
The more I find you
The more I love you
I want to sit at your feet
drink from the cup in your hands
lay back against you and breathe
hear your heartbeat
this love is so real
it's more than I can stand
I melt in your peace - it's overwhelming......
I know I want to feel his heartbeat - I want his plan for my life. May you find peace in your quiet time with the Father.
Love to all
karen
About Me
- Karen Kay
- God is the center of my being! My life would be nothing without him. He has blessed me in so many ways - I have a wonderful life with my husband and my 6 year old son........I love my boys! They are the best things that have ever happened to me.
1 comment:
great blog! I spent some personal study/devotion time on this back in February. Why is it that when family and friends speak we can hear them with no problem (ok, so, Timo has trouble with the hearing thing but that is a different issue) yet, we God speaks we have to be 'really' listening? Is His voice softer than others? I think it is more because, just like when Timo is in his room with is ipod blaring and banging on his new drums, it takes me a lot of effort to get his attention. Why? it is not just because he is partially deaf it is because there is too much noise surrounding him and it is between him and I or closer to him.
So, maybe that is the same problem I have when I can't hear God speaking to me? Karen, thanks for the reminder. I really want to hear him and I want it to be without so much effort!
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