Many of us have heard, have read, have studied, have been taught the same lesson over and over again. I said it before and I say it again, I write to remind myself that knowledge, insight, revelation, must be followed by action. Christian living is about putting God's Word to work on daily life situations.
Oswald Chambers' My Utmost For His Highest has been my favorite devotional since I became a Christian, 25 years ago. Today, as I re-read the June 3rd reading, the Lord graciously reminded me that I should give Him more time to speak so He can share His joys and secrets with me. The Lord desires an intimate conversation with His children!
I like to share Chamber's thoughts with you. I pray we commit to leave Him more room to talk to us -
The Secret Of The Lord
"God-friendship is for God-worshipers, they are the ones he confides in"
Psalm 25:14 (The Message).
What is the sign of a friend? That he tells you secret sorrows? No, that he tells you secret joys. Many will confide to you their secret sorrows, but the last mark of intimacy is to confide secret joys.
Have we ever let God tell us any of His joys, or are we telling God our secrets so continually that we leave no room for Him to talk to us? At the beginning of our Christian life we are full of requests to God, then we find that God wants to get us into relationship with Himself, to get us in touch with His purposes. Are we so wedded to Jesus Christ's idea of prayer - "Thy will be done"- that we catch the secrets of God? The things that make God dear to us are not so much His gret big blessings as the tiny things, because they show His amazing intimacy with us, He knows every detail of our individual lives.
"...him shall He teach in the way that He shall choose." At first we want the consciousness of being guided by God, then as we go on we live so much in the consciousness of God that we do not need to ask what His will is, because the thought of choosing any other will never occur to us. If we are saved and sanctified God guides us by our ordinary choices, and if we are going to choose what He does not want, He will check, and we must heed. Whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never reason it out and say - "I wonder why I shouldn't?" God instructs us in what we choose, that is, He guides our common sense, and we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually saying - "Now, Lord, what is Thy will?"
Help me Lord to live by what I already know!
About Maya
- Maya
- is a bi-lingual - English-Spanish Christian psychotherapist in private practice in Houston, Texas. For sixteen years, Maya has been counseling individuals, couples, and families seeking answers for personal and interpersonal conflicts. Maya is committed to help her clients focus not only on behavioral modification but character growth. Maya wrote her own book-workbook “Letters from your Father God” in English and Spanish to walk clients through a practical process of mental, emotional, and spiritual maturity. Maya is originally from Ecuador, South America. She graduated from the Catholic University in Quito-Ecuador. She completed all the State of Texas requirements to obtain her license as a LCSW (Licensed clinical Social Worker). She is also a certified TRT (Trauma Resolution Therapist). Maya lives with Tom, her husband of over thirty years. They have a married daughter and two grandchildren.