Living Presently Sitting at His Feet

IBS 66  Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord”           Waiting is one of the hardest things for me to do. I like to do what I want when I want. Waiting for the Lord has always been something I’ve had to work on. Ever since I was younger, God’s been showing me that waiting for Him will always end better. But the impatient person that I am likes to rush so many things.            When I was in high school, I wanted to know what I was going to do with my life. I would become very anxious and worried because I tried to figure it out on my own. I tried to figure out what I wanted to do instead of seeking God’s plan for me and waiting patiently to hear from Him. I would put that burden upon myself, all the while God was just wanting me to wait for Him and give Him that burden. He says in  Matthew 11:28, “Come to me all you who are weary and burden and I will give you rest.” H...

Psalm 9:1-2 “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.” The Bible is full of verses that talk about being glad (joyful) and rejoicing. Psalm 100:2 “Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.” Psalm 33:1 “Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.” Habakkuk 3:18 “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” These are just a few of the verses that I’ve found that have convicted me. It’s easy to put on a smile and fake a laugh, but it’s impossible to put on the joy of the Lord that people see and desire. Christians who are truly devoted to Christ have the joy of the Lord in their hearts. They may have bad days and be sad or upset, but they have a joy deep down that wil...

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Trusting God is hard to do. I’m told to let go and give it all to Him. To trust Him. It’s scary to give something important like that to an invisible being. There’s doubt and fear that chain me down. I feel more secure when I think I’m in charge. People are told growing up not to fully rely on others because people will only let us down, fail us, and hurt us. That’s something I see all the time. The countless humans who have let me down, failed me, left me, hurt me, so on, it gets painful. It creates a solid wall that doesn’t allow anyone through. Therefore, trusting people is something I’m not to good at.  Trusting God is something I must do. Letting go and giving it all to God is what I want to do. It’s scary to give something important like that to an invisible being. There’s doubt and fear that chain me down. Bu...

John 4:34 “My food, ‘Said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work.’” My overseer, Cassandra Lopez, read me this verse the other day at church, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I want to do the will of Him who sent me. Doing the will of Christ will ensure an everlasting joy instead of doing what I want to, ensuring a very short amount of happiness. That doesn’t mean that doing the will of Christ is going to make things easy and fun, it’s hard and painful. But I have full confidence that in the long run, my soul will be with the one whom I love. My savior.  Doing the will of Him is hard at first because it’s hard to let go of your desires and wants. It’s hard to give it all to Christ. It’s hard to surrender. A couple of days ago, my teammate Vanessa and I were talking to her youth pastor, Christian. He asked us to write down five things that God was telling us to let go of. Writing this list has been easy because I know the thi...