I'm not sure of who all heard the message at Lifechurch.tv this weekend, but I, for one, was completely blown away! Our guest pastor was a great man named Jentezen Franklin. If you haven't heard of him, look him up. He was teriffic...I had the chills the entire time.
His message was "God is Able". This was exactly what I needed to hear. All too often I get wrapped up in my own feelings of 'my sister is selfish and will never get saved' or 'why are my parents jerks?' and I forget that everything is in God's timing. Even though I have not seen much change in my parents or sister, I have seen a huge change in me. With all I have been through in my past (and it is much believe me), I look at where I am now and thank GOD that he brought me through and I don't stink of the crap that I walked through!
Jenetzen said it nicely when he said, "Just because you've gone through the fire, doesn't mean you have to smell like smoke".
There are so many days I find myself reaching for anything to cover up the smell of my past, but only God is ABLE to change my heart and spirit. No matter how much I try to wash off the scent of my sin, God listens to just one of my prayers and says "It's done".
Anyone on the outside doen't necessarily know about my entire past, and that lets me know that I don't smell like it anymore...at least on the outside, but I do ask God everyday for my thoughts and actions of the day before. I thank him everyday for being my Rock, my Master, my Salvation, my Redeemer, and my Father.
There are many incidents that I cannot change. I cannot change a person or many people. But our God IS able and he will do all in his very own way that will have the greatest impact. All I can do is Love, Pray Hard, Spread the Word, and Pray some more.
God is so Good!
Monday, June 15, 2009
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