- Jul 18, 2022
- 4 min read
“This is your last chance, my final warning. Your time is up!
Turn away from all this evil, or the next time you hear from me
will be when I am coming to pass judgment upon you.
I will snatch you away, and no one will be there
to help you escape my judgment.
The life that pleases me is a life lived in the gratitude of grace,
always choosing to walk with me in what is right.
This is the sacrifice I desire from you.
If you do this, more of my salvation will unfold for you.”
Psalms 50: 22-23 TPT
“What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways!
He won’t walk in step with the wicked,
nor share the sinner’s way,
nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat.
His passion is to remain true to the Word of “I AM,”
meditating day and night on the true revelation of light.
He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree
planted by God’s design,
deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss,
bearing fruit in every season of life.
He is never dry, never fainting,
ever blessed, ever prosperous.”
Psalms 1:1-3 TPT
With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him]
And bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
Will the Lord be delighted with thousands of rams,
Or with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my firstborn for my acts of rebellion,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion),
And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?
Micah 6:6-8 AMP
“This is My commandment, that you [c]love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.”
John 15:12-14 AMP
It is something wonderful to awaken and start your day by doing what is right and true. I didn’t always think this way. Fourteen days ago I was a mess. I was waking up and struggling to get through my day. There was a lot of faking happiness and pretending enthusiasm. I was functioning in the world BUT not really flourishing. It was like wash-rinse-repeat every day with no real path or destination ahead. BUT it looked like I was doing great. I thought I was doing great. I thought I was getting things figured out and then the reality that the amount of control I had over my life was merely an illusion hit with the lockdowns. There was this real fear that I had no idea of what was truly important. I figured that my good enough job and good enough salary was going to make sure I was alright BUT that illusion started to melt away. Those moments in March of 2020 really gave me some clarity about where I was in life and where I wanted to be. And there wasn’t a march or a vote or a post or a letter or a rant that was going to change my life. I was going to have to take ownership of that in a fundamental and revolutionary way.
And after the past fourteen days, I actually awaken with a purpose and a plan. I am not merely surviving anymore. I am thriving all from embracing my core beliefs and making them a plan of action. As I started working on my mind and body, I was struggling to get spiritual clarity. And a lot of getting healthy physically helped feed mental health which then led for me a spiritual discovery. I think that’s kind of a weird way to do things. I think most folks find religion and then change their lives. I had changed my life and, through that process, rediscovered Christianity in a real way. When I was younger, it was fine to go to church and learn the stories and do the right thing. BUT I was never all in. It wasn’t personal and daily. And now it is.
Thankfully, I have this summer to really dig and invest and study and read and get right with a routine. My routine is now all about waking with a purpose to do what is right and just and kind and compassionate and walk humbly with God just as the verses from Micah state. And that means a life rooted in conversation and relationship with God. You cannot have a personal relationship with someone you ignore. You have to have a conversation. You have to get into the Word and have a walk together, working together, and understanding each other. And that is what I have been doing. So, as I work on finding more peace, more abundance, more joy, more direction in my life, I will keep working on the new format of these blog posts which will incorporate what I am reading and studying and what I am seeing in my walk. I hope you find some inspiration and motivation to continue or start your walk as well.
Peace to your home. Bless your being. The reign of God is now. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.