TODAY’S SCRIPTURES: “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3
TODAY’S MESSAGE: To live our lives can be simple or can be hard. If we put too much into our thoughts, we can live a very complicated and sometimes tragic life. There have been times in my own life where I sat and pondered upon subjects for hours upon hours. After I had worn myself out mentally, I found that I had accomplished completely nothing. When I began to read the bible, I found myself once again reading and trying to digest each and every word. I was a newborn Christian and wanted to digest as much as I could. However, I soon learned that my mind was about to explode. I was learning very little and came away from my study with little to no knowledge. As a matter of fact, I came away in many instances confused and without learning much at all. Still today I find myself, at times, doing much the same thing. After much prayer, the Lord made it very clear to me that in order to believe in Him and to understand Him I must not overthink things but instead become, once again childlike. I had to wipe away all of the worldly learning I had obtained over the years and be open to Him and Him alone. I had to come to the understanding that God does not talk to me mentally but instead he talks to my heart. It is what comes from the heart that drives our thoughts from Christ Jesus. He speaks to the heart and not the mind. The mind tries to outthink the Lord, but the heart accepts Him and learns by his soft touch. I learned that prayer, prior to reading his word, was important. I learned to pray for understanding and wisdom. I asked and prayed for him to talk to me and to help me to give him my total attention. Learning to hear the Lord is a process and that process comes from turning once again childlike. A child’s mind and heart are uncomplicated, innocent, clean, and open to the new things of Christ Jesus. We must learn to listen to our hearts and not our minds. JESUS IS LORD! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL SITUATIONS!
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