For a while now I have had a sense that I am in a new season in my life and it's time to begin a new blog. You may wonder how I came up with the title for my new blog so I will explain.
About five years ago God invaded my life - I mean invaded. Deep and personal and he was wrapped all around it. It's difficult to explain it all but God began a process of showing me the depth of a deep and personal relationship with him and that surrendering completely to him was the best way to go. In every aspect of my life. The Lord began by speaking the following words to me from the book of Haggai, of all places. One day I opened up the scripture to read these words and I knew that God was speaking them directly to me.
6 “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty. 8 ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty. 9 ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”
I wondered at the time if 'The New House' was my heart, my actual home, my family...but I knew that it did not matter, but what mattered was that God had given me a promise. I look now at the past five years and realize that 'The New House' was all of it. Don't misunderstand me, none of it was bad before but God wanted a surrendered life. The New House in my life is new in every way possible. He has changed my heart, my marriage, my home, my children and most importantly he has changed my relationship with him. You see complete surrender sounds good - sounds hard to do - and most Christians know that we are suppose to do it, but actually doing it is another thing. You cannot do it on your own. You cannot give over your life, your sins, your money, your posessions, your family to God without him. Oh, and it's not a one time event either. Daily we have to surrender to him because daily our flesh wants to take the lead. Here is an example. The other day Tim and I were praying and as I was praying I began with "Lord, if you could..." Then I caught myself - "I am telling God what to do again." So glad when I catch myself. Anybody know what I mean?
Do you have a new house in your life? Can you look back and see what God has done? Or do you desire a new house? If the first, praise God, if the second, praise God. Get quiet with him and ask him to recreate you. Is the refiners fire worth going through? You bet it is.....
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