Dying to self - Now doesn't that sound like fun... but it is!

#1 · May 1, 2022, 2:43 pm

Quote from Shelley on May 1, 2022, 2:43 pm
Dying to self. Now there's a topic that would get everyone excited. When I wake up in the morning, I just want to leap out of my bed enthusiastic about how I can die to self today ;-o Makes me want to roll my eyes to the back of my head and say yay.

However, God has been showing me that this isn't such a bad thing. In fact, it's really about freedom. About learning how to fly. About giving up my control of my life, and allowing God to be the one in control. I've found out that He loves me, and He wants even better things for me that I want!!

It's not about guilt and laws - "ok, what does He want me to give up now..."
It's about power and freedom and a sweeter relationship with Him than I could ever dream. It's about taking risks in Him and finding out that He DOES care.I don't have to bear the responsibility of life alone. I have a Heavenly Father who cares more about my issues than I do, and if I simply take everything to Him, He will be there for me.

Sometimes it surely doesn't look that way though. He has a better plan. Sometimes we can eventually see what that plan is, and sometimes we can't. I went through a hard time for about three years where my needs were not met. I resented that time. And then when I saw an opportunity to meet my needs for myself, I wanted to take control, since I felt God was not helping me out. But He began changing something inside of me. He gave me hope and told me to trust HIM. I needed to do what HE told me to do, and He promised me that He would take care of me. It seemed to take forever. I had to let go, put my will aside, and seek His will. I had to not take care of things myself, but instead let Him take care of things. No that didn't mean just sitting there doing nothing. Far from that. It was obeying HIS will, and doing what HE wanted instead of what I wanted. He put me on a path that I would not have even thought of, nor that I would have had the confidence to walk in had I not felt that it was Him leading me here. This past week in fact He is telling me to remember how I once felt, and now how blessed I am! Over and over showing me this week how He has given me beyond what I could have ever imagined, and where I might be were it not for Him!

Dying to self. Now there's a topic that would get everyone excited. When I wake up in the morning, I just want to leap out of my bed enthusiastic about how I can die to self today ;-o Makes me want to roll my eyes to the back of my head and say yay.

However, God has been showing me that this isn't such a bad thing. In fact, it's really about freedom. About learning how to fly. About giving up my control of my life, and allowing God to be the one in control. I've found out that He loves me, and He wants even better things for me that I want!!

It's not about guilt and laws - "ok, what does He want me to give up now..."
It's about power and freedom and a sweeter relationship with Him than I could ever dream. It's about taking risks in Him and finding out that He DOES care.I don't have to bear the responsibility of life alone. I have a Heavenly Father who cares more about my issues than I do, and if I simply take everything to Him, He will be there for me.

Sometimes it surely doesn't look that way though. He has a better plan. Sometimes we can eventually see what that plan is, and sometimes we can't. I went through a hard time for about three years where my needs were not met. I resented that time. And then when I saw an opportunity to meet my needs for myself, I wanted to take control, since I felt God was not helping me out. But He began changing something inside of me. He gave me hope and told me to trust HIM. I needed to do what HE told me to do, and He promised me that He would take care of me. It seemed to take forever. I had to let go, put my will aside, and seek His will. I had to not take care of things myself, but instead let Him take care of things. No that didn't mean just sitting there doing nothing. Far from that. It was obeying HIS will, and doing what HE wanted instead of what I wanted. He put me on a path that I would not have even thought of, nor that I would have had the confidence to walk in had I not felt that it was Him leading me here. This past week in fact He is telling me to remember how I once felt, and now how blessed I am! Over and over showing me this week how He has given me beyond what I could have ever imagined, and where I might be were it not for Him!