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Stubborn Old Me



“Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19

 

Driving to work a few months ago, I was given a vision from God. He showed me a person in His arms as He was walking. That sounds like the perfect place to be right? Instead of the person being content with Him holding them and moving forward they were the complete opposite. They were exactly like a child in a store kicking and screaming trying to grab onto the toy that its parent has just said, "no I'm not giving you that" while grabbing the child out the store.

At this moment, I realized that the person in my vision was me. God was showing me that I was still trying to hold on to past relationships or situations while He clearly desired for me to move forward. It suddenly hit me! God does not want to fight with us. Yes, He desires to take us to new levels in life but He won't do it without our compliance to His will. Don't get me wrong, God will by no means push us back but He'll let us remain stagnant. Freedom and deliverance is a choice. God will deliver us from past relationships and situations but we can't resist the change. Resisting change is much like the Israelites who contemplated going back to Egypt. Egypt was the very place they had just been delivered from out of bondage. They wondered the wilderness for years when their trip to the Promise Land was only suppose to take them a few days. Why? Because of the Israelites' mindset they were focused on their past. They was afraid of the unknown and secure with familiarity. How many of us go back to past relationships or do things God has already delivered us from because of familiarity? Well this was the Israelites' problem. Even though the Israelites' found themselves resisting God's change, He still kept a pillar of cloud over them while protecting and providing for them. God knew they didn't see what He saw for them.

Lets be more like Paul who said, "I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us (Philippians 3:14). Lets not continue to think that our familiarity or bondage is better than what God has for us just because we can't see the bigger picture. I don't want God carrying me while I kick and scream saying I want what I know isn't good for me. If God wants to carry me and take me farther I know He's taking me to something better. I want to walk peacefully with God in total compliance with Him while He holds me in his hands.

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  1. UnknownNovember 22, 2014 at 8:37 AM

    Amen! God said for us to cast our cares on Him and lean not to our on understanding. He has already stood in the gap for us. Beautiful sis I pray that everyone who comes in contact with this article is freed blessed and healed In the name of Jesus!

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    1. Devin Wyatt JohnsonNovember 22, 2014 at 8:40 AM

      Thanks sis! I'm just giving them access to our daily discussions lol! But you're right!

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