Open Hearted VS Closed Hearted

I am going to start this blog by asking you a question. It is an important question so I hope you think about honestly and even take it up with God after reading this blog and pray about it. Here it is..... How open are you to what God wants to do in your life? Do you have faith that God is going to what is best OR are you trying to battle things that aren't yours. Have you let God handle the battle that you don't need to handle?

I learned a lesson this past week that changed my life forever. I learned the power of faith and what it can do it our lives. I learned that we all to often fight battles that aren't even our owns. I learned that God is the one who will ALWAYS meets our needs. I learned he is going to behind the scenes.

My family had I have just won a 4 yr battle to get me SSI. I had a hearing schedule for Oct 21st. While last week I found out that the court threw out my claim and I won. I had faith and peace that God was going to something big. I knew He was. I didn't know how much He was working behind the scenes on my behalf. I was scared even though I had faith. I was having meltdowns and panics over something that turned out wasn't even going to be!!!!!

The power of faith is something so amazing. Faith is also a choice. We have to chose to leave behind our human reasoning and choose to believe in God and His plan for us. We need to choose to leave the battle to God. We don't have to fight it.

I know it makes sense to leave the battle to God, but you would not believe how many Christians fight battles that we don't need to fight!! It is so sad. We live our lives in bondage just by simply not having enough faith to let God take care of us and fight our battles. We rob ourselves of the Spirit filled life He calls us. We are free prisoners basically. We are free because we received Him as Lord of our lives and yet prisoners because we don't have enough faith.

My challenge for you (and I) is to learn to develop the kind of faith that allows God to work in our lives. He wants to but when we hold back on His best there isn't much He can do for us. It is when we give God enough faith and "room" that He is able to work on our lives.

Are you ready to step out in faith TODAY? You don't have to do this on your own! God loves you so much. He will never leave you or forsake you. He wants to do something wonderful in your life. His plans for you are so beautiful.