Who do you serve?

Joshua 24: 15 - ‘But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

Who do you serve? This is a good question because many times our actions do not depict truly who we are serving, other than ourselves and man’s logic. We seem to forget, that what God ordains, He maintain. We need to be secure and unwavering about this truth; who we are serving. When we waffle, and waver on who we serve, we find ourselves, more likely than not, focusing on the wrong thing. For we serve with our mouth, but our actions tell a different story than we want told about us. Then we wonder why this happening to me, or why this did not happen for me? Well, why would confusion not be part of your life, if confusion is part of your disposition, persona, or who you are every day. See, when you serve Him as you profess you do, you can sing ‘You Covered Me’ by Donald Lawrence with tears of joy, not shouts of convictions because of the hypocrisy we are living.

When you are clear on who you are serving, it gives us a compass that does not change by a new magnetic force. We are able to be sure, we are going in the right direction, and our path clear. We walk with the unyielding peace in the midst of the chaos, although tears warming our face, grace reign in our mind, and ringing in our soul, even if the Father does not deliver, does not mean He is not able 'not my will, but Thy will be done!' Who do you serve is each of our choice. Choose well, and be blessed.

Key Performance Indicators

‘I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit,  out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.’ Psalm 40:1-4

There is not much to say after this verse for me today. It says it all. It has the key performance indicators in which we should use if we are progressing in our relationship with the Father. One waits patiently, if we cannot do that, we are already done because chaos will soon ensue. Two, as a result of you, me waiting patiently, the LORD turns to and hears our cry. He does not stop there, He lifts us out of the madness, chaos, and confusion we are in, it does not matter if we put ourself there, or someone us puts us there. Glory!! Then, he sets us free, and puts us in a safe place that is secure. Three, because he did, we have a renewing of the mind, and a have new song in our mouth. We can’t really sing a new song, unless we have an authentic new, transformed mind predicated on the God’s attention to our need, we now see. Lastly, we fear and have trust in the LORD. It changes things when the key performance indicators are in place. We choose them…

Do you really believe?

Do you really believe? Is a question we all must be able to answer, not just with scripture rhetoric but heart, soul and mind (so there will be no scripture reference because you know them but believe them, well that is the point of this blog).

See we have this cognitive understanding, and we spew out the verses as if they are the absolute truths. Yet, when it occurs in our personal life, as it does, we begin to compartmentalize God omniscient power by our faltering and posturing. We begin to put our hands in the mix to assist the Father with His work. We seem to have forgotten what lane we are assigned to, and step into God’s way. Then we wonder why things did not work out, promises not fulfilled, or change didn’t come. We begin recruiting others with like minds and disposition who guide us down a path of easy going but chaotic end. Rather than say, I believe, and thou none one go with me, no one understands, and it seem like crazy on an ordinary day; don’t count me out. Yet, don’t count me in with the number of negative Nancies or Nathans. God does not appear in the ‘expect to see worldview’. God moves in the way, that makes no sense to our sensitive sensibilities. Transitioning with God is a messing matter because it does not fit in our conscious or unconscious seamless understanding of things; it is a new thing as we do not see what God sees. 

Now do you really believe the words that you speak, preach, teach, pray with, or do you need to shore up on some things…Choose this day, who you will believe to trust and obey God or man's way?