This morning we reached a newer threshhold with our grandchild. For the first time I saw a recognition that she really understood that our directions were not to limit her but to protect her.
It dawned on me once again how God uses His Word and Spirit not to control but to protect us. Many times we (me) feel the Holy Spirit moving and guiding. How we respond to that guidance determines whether we have joy and fruit in our lives or feel the hand of a parent (God) convicting us and moving us where He wants us.
Deu 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Just as my granddaughter has learned there are consequences to not listening, she is learning that when she does listen to the warnings there are rewards. So God deals with us. The rewards of listening to the Spirit of God,to God’s word and Jesus’s example are very simple we draw closer to God.
But the joy of following the Spirit of God is expressed in this verse:
2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Pray for me as i continue the journey and lead my family toward the Freedom we find in Jesus and the Liberty the Spirit gives us. Pray for Worthy and all of Worthy ministries. Lets stive to pray for one another as well.