Mountain Moments- God’s Way
Have you ever woken up in the morning and made a decision that you were going to be a "Control Freak"? You had no other agenda except to do anything and everything your way and you didn't care about God's Way or anyone else's way? We sometimes want what we want, and we want it done our way and in our timing. We push for the quick and immediate satisfaction of our actions, but God sees the long term consequences. When we CHOOSE to be a "control freak", we often become blind to how our actions affect others.
God had promised Abram that he would have offspring as much as the dust of the earth and the stars in the sky. Ten years later, Abram's wife, Sarai, was done with waiting for the offspring that were promised to Abram so she took matters into her own hands.
Genesis 17:1-2 - Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Her short term actions of trying to fulfill God's Plans her way caused long term consequences that are still being felt today.
Living according to God's Way requires letting go of our personal desires and letting God's Will be done God's Way. There are times in our lives when we need to choose surrender over control.
If anyone knew of the importance of allowing God's Will to be done God's Way, it was Jesus. May He be our example this week to live a life that has positive long term consequences from our short term actions.
Luke 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
God had promised Abram that he would have offspring as much as the dust of the earth and the stars in the sky. Ten years later, Abram's wife, Sarai, was done with waiting for the offspring that were promised to Abram so she took matters into her own hands.
Genesis 17:1-2 - Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Her short term actions of trying to fulfill God's Plans her way caused long term consequences that are still being felt today.
Living according to God's Way requires letting go of our personal desires and letting God's Will be done God's Way. There are times in our lives when we need to choose surrender over control.
If anyone knew of the importance of allowing God's Will to be done God's Way, it was Jesus. May He be our example this week to live a life that has positive long term consequences from our short term actions.
Luke 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
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