Zephaniah 3:17 For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.
I always like to be up by 6 a.m. to finish writing the Blog, but was really struggling to wake up the other morning when I felt the Lord say ‘Be Flexible!’ It’s like He was saying it’s not written in stone that you have to rise at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning!😊
I mulled that over and realised we can make a rod for our own backs if we’re not careful. It’s like the Pharisees who had God’s Law but then added dozens of other little laws that made everybody’s life miserable. Are there any things in your life that you’ve ‘added on’ that God didn’t ask for, and now it feels there’s no joy in it?
I finished the Blog and sent it out, went back to bed, and did some bible study. When I finished I realised I hadn’t done my actual ‘readings’ for the day. Again I felt the Lord say ‘Be flexible. You’ve already been reading My word this morning, don’t make doing your ‘readings’ into a law!’ So I enjoyed reading them at lunchtime instead which was better.😊
All I’m trying to say is God wants relationship with us, not rules we’ve put on ourselves. Yes it’s important to start each day with Him and read our Bibles daily, but He wants our relationship to be spontaneous and enjoyable not prescriptive. When we’re with our families and friends we’re flexible because there’s an ease in that. My dad was of the generation that always wanted us to visit on the dot and not be late but there was little joy in that, it became a burden.
Our Heavenly Father doesn’t want our relationship with Him to be a burden but a blessing. He wants us to come to Him because we want to and not because we ought to, to remember He’s singing over us with joy and love, that He delights in us. So enjoy being flexible in your relationship with Him and maybe sometimes do some things at different times and be spontaneous, as we’re led by His Spirit.😊
For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.
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