Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
In my journey to finding my truth this week, Holy Spirit revealed that the first thing I need to do is: acknowledge, accept, reflect and believe/embrace the "new creature" I am in Christ Jesus.
Acknowledge: - II Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.
Accept: Psalms 139:14
I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.
Reflect: Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Believe/Embrace: Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
As I began to meditate on these scriptures and allow myself to acknowledge, accept, reflect and believe that in fact, I am a new creature in Christ, the "Trice" that I use to be is now hidden in Jesus. There is a new woman I must acknowledge and embrace to fulfill God’s purpose. I am being washed and cleansed on a daily basis to become more like him. I also have to accept that if I was fearfully and wonderfully made in His image, than all of me can’t be so bad.
I think in this process, one of the hardest things for me to do is to free myself of my past. I hold it more against myself than anyone else and definetly more than God. I have to accept that, everything I have gone through and experienced in my life is/was part of this journey. I believe there is a scripture that says (paraphrased): when God created man, He created us with a whole in our heart that only He could fill. From the time I was born until this day, God knew exactly what it would take for me to get to the place of realizing that everything I was searching for would be found inside that "void" only He could fill. Even during the time of my life, when I was in search of it, He was revealing the "true" me.
Sometimes, we don't want to embrace those things about ourselves because we were not using those gifts and talents for his purpose. Three things Holy Spirit revealed to me today...just today. (1). They (my family) use to call me Rona Barrett, who is/was a news anchor for our local news back home. Why? Because I use to spread gossip like it was water. It use to get me in trouble alot, but if anyone needed to find something out they would come to me, "Rona" and they knew they would get it exactly as I heard it. Now, I'm not proud of it and as Christians we are not to gossip, and I have since been delivered from that spirit. But, Holy Spirit said to "acknowledge it, and embrace it". Because, what the devil meant for evil, will now be turned and used for God's good. That ability to hear and repeat verbatim what is being shared with me is now being used to edify the Body of Christ, even through this blog. It was something good; I just wasn't using it to glorify God. (2). I use to be the "life" of the party......I would sing and dance until I literally passed out......smile. Of course, I was always ten shades in the wind as some would say. Yet, after I gave my life to Christ I thought that was apart of me that died along with the alcohol. But, now I know it was a gift from God! I love to praise and worship the Lord and when I do, I open myself up to give him my all. And guess what? By the time I’m finished… I'm literally ready to pass out.....smile. Same gift, it's just being used the right way. And (3). My family all knows, I use to talk to myself as if someone was sitting in the room with me. Whether I was playing school, speaking about a pretend life I use to desire for myself, or playing church. I know they all thought I was crazy and so did I. But, God was in that too. Many things that are happening in my life, are things I use to share with the "invisible" person in that room. I didn't even realize at the time, the invisible person was "Jesus". He shared with me some time ago, that I needed to get back to that place of talking with him openly, just as I did when I was a child….tears. I was speaking the desires of my heart and he was sitting right there listening........directing my path all along. Isn't God good ya'll.
So, I encourage you all to "get to stepping", which was the title of Pastor Jomo’s sermon last week, and allow Holy Spirit to reveal the parts of you that he desires you to acknowledge, accept, reflect and embrace; because it's ALL intended to be used for God's purpose and our good.
Be blessed,
Trice
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