Sometimes it can be so easy for us to see the ways that God is moving in someone else's life, but so difficult for us to see Him in our own life. Have you ever wondered about that? Why is this? Have you ever sat through someone's story or testimony and asked yourself "why doesn't that stuff happen to me"? I'll be honest, before my walk was where it is now, I did. I can remember hearing about people being financially blessed or God providing an answer they had been seeking or watching God lay out amazing plans for someone where they land a great job or get into an awesome ministry. And I can remember not feeling jealous about, but definitely envious and wondering why this stuff didn't happen to me? However a few years back a shift took place in my life that totally changed the way I looked at things...and allowed me to see things I just wasn't seeing. And the thing I learned is that it wasn't God that wasn't doing His part in my life, it was me that wasn't giving Him enough recognition for what He was doing in my life. The problem was that I was taking too much credit for the "good things" that happened in my life and only questioning Him when bad things would come along. I wasn't seeing Him and His hand in all the good things that took place in my daily life. In other words, I was only looking for more from Him, but I wasn't at all content with what He was already providing for me. Hebrews 13:5 says "Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you'". And I was coveting other people's blessings without being content with the blessing He was providing for me daily. I was looking for something big to happen in my life when I wasn't even thanking Him for the dozens and dozens of small things He was doing for me and my family. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you". And to be honest, what do so many of us do.....we rejoice when He does something great, we pray when we need something and we give thanks IF He comes through the way we thought He should. And then we wonder why we are not living a life showered with blessing like someone else seems to be.
In my own personal life let me fast forward a few years to today and tell you that God is working blessings and miracles in my life daily. He is THE reason that good things are taking place in my life and my family and I do give Him all the credit now. I learned that as my walk with Him began to change so did my view of how much credit I was taking...and how much I was giving Him. I've learned that I am very capable of making a mess out of anything and He is capable of turning anything into a blessing. The more I took my hands off of things and simply prayed about them the more I would see His work being done and it was undeniable that every good thing that was happening to me was because of Him. But here is the really cool part, the more I recognized Him in the small things, the more He began to do big and unexplainable things. The more I had stories to share with others about How awesome He was and the amazing things that were taking place in my life. And the more I realized that I was now one of those people who always had a story to tell about how He is blessing me. What a shift in things....It took me seeing Him daily, thanking Him for even the smallest things so He could open up the doors of heaven and being to shower me with big things. And my view on that is simply this.....His ultimate goal is to always bring glory to His name for others to see, so if I wasn't capable of telling others of His greatness in the small stuff, then I was limiting His ability to give me more. He wanted to give me more so I would tell others about Him more....and that is exactly what has happened.
If you would love to feel more blessings from God then begin to see Him and tell others about Him for just what you have now...even if it's just a roof over your head and food on your table. Then watch how much more you will start to see. And as the blessing flow more from Him, let the praises flow more from you.
God, I simply say THANK YOU today! Your goodness is incomparable and I am so sorry for the years I wasted not seeing you in EVERYTHING! I praise you for what I had, what I have and what you still have waiting for me...and I pray others will do the same. I honor YOU in my praise. In Jesus name, Amen
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