As I spend time reflecting upon the opportunities God gave me to minister to others over the course of 2011 I am troubled by the fact that I know there were opportunities lost due to my own failure to obey.
What is most disturbing about this is that I cannot say that I did not know. I cannot plead ignorance to what the Lord wanted me to do. I cannot blame my shortcomings (pretty word for failures, don't you think?)on someone else.
No, I have to confess that my light did not shine as brightly as it should have and that at times what was most important to me was my own will, my own desires and not my heavenly Father's.
Funny thing about all of this is that we never see it coming do we? I mean, we don't deliberately turn our light off. We don't set out to disobey do we?
Maybe the problem is that we get so comfortable, so complacent, that we begin to believe that it's us and not God who is leading the charge. Could it be that we forget where we came from, and what the Lord has brought us through?
What I do know for certain is that it isn't enough to claim God is Lord of our life. It isn't enough to just say the words that we will follow Him wherever he leads. No, lip service offered to God is the same as what Israel offered to the Lord after their hearts were hardened and they had forsaken the Lord.
Isa 29:13 And Jehovah said, Because this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the command of men;
My prayer is that not only in my own life but in yours as well that we learn to obey His voice and forsake our own will so that He can truly lead us as He desires.
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