Have you ever read the Bible and have something jump out at you? Something that hits your inner most being leaving you with this over whelming feeling that nothing is hidden from God.Well that is exactly what Isaiah 47:8 did for me today. It says:
“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me...”
WOW! How many times have I used the name of God to declare something I plan to do?
You see, in the old testament when Moses asked God, "Whom shall I say is sending me?" God said to Moses, “I AM who I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” (Exodus 3:14) So God's name is I AM!
My mind was flooded with how many times I use the words, "I am". Using God's name to declare something 'I am' going to do. You know, things like: "I am going here or there. I am going to do this or that. I am a good leader. I am a good teacher. etc. Such talk is nothing more than lifting up myself and boasting on my capability of accomplishing something.
When God made it very clear that Without Him I can do nothing! (John 15:5)
Could this be the reason that James wrote in his book, (in the Bible) "Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” (James 4:13-15)
Let me encourage you to give God He proper place of honor in your life. For truly without Him we can do nothing!
PRAYER: Father God, thank you for giving me this revelation. Please forgive me for all the times I have used Your name to boast about myself or declare something I will do. May I be more aware, than ever before, that it is You who enables me to do all I do. In Jesus name, Amen
Feel free to e-mail me if you would like special prayer.
Cindy McKinley at:
426 Laurelwood Road ~ Pottstown, PA 19465
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Death and Life http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2013/08/life-and-death.html
Hot Pursuit http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2013/09/hot-pursuit.html
Go Away Jesus! http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2012/11/go-away-jesus.html
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Death and Life http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2013/08/life-and-death.html
Hot Pursuit http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2013/09/hot-pursuit.html
Go Away Jesus! http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2012/11/go-away-jesus.html
It's All God's Fault! http://cccenterhope.blogspot.com/2012/08/its-all-gods-fault_13.html
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