WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE ?

OK, I'VE DONE ALOT OF CHANGING OVER THE YEARS IN MY EFFORTS 2 FOLLOW THE LORD WHERE I BELIEVED HE WAS LEADING. DIFFERENT PLACES, DIFFERENT HOUSES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS, DIFFERENT JOBS, DIFFERENT LIFESTLYE.

NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES WERE DIFFICULT, OR PAINFUL BECAUSE IN SOME AREAS OF MY LIFE I WAS JUST READY 4 CHANGE, AND THOSES APPEARED 2 COINCIDE WITH GOD'S DESIRES.

THEN THERE ARE THE CHANGES THAT CAME AT GREAT PRICE AND SACRIFICE FINANCIALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, PERSONALLY, AND OF COURSE SPIRITUALLY. THESE COST DIDN'T ONLY EFFECT ME, BUT MY FAMILY AS WELL.

SOME OF THESE CHANGES I CONTINUE 2 QUESTION UNTIL THIS VERY SECOND. QUESTION IF THEY WERE OF GOD, OR MY OWN DOING, IF THEY WERE NECESSARY, IF THE SEEMINGLY NEGATIVE REPRECUSSIONS, OR RESIDUALS ARE EVER GOING 2 END, OR AT THE VERY LEAST LIGHTEN UP, IF NOT GET ALTOGETHER BETTER.

PERHAPS UR LIFE IS PEACHES AND CREAM, AND ALL IS WELL, BUT AS 4 ME, I AM IN A DAY 2 DAY BATTLE WITH SELF, IN AN EFFORT 2 HOLD ON JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

I MUST BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF I HAVE MISSED GOD'S WILL SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS ROAD THAT HIS LOVING KINDNESS, TENDER MERCIES, AND LONG SUFFERING TOWARDS ME WILL LEAD, GUIDE, AND EVEN CARRY ME IF NECESSARY, IF I BUT KEEP THE FAITH IN HIS WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY, TO DELIVER ME.

WHERE I'VE BEEN WRONG INTENTIONALLY OR NOT IN MY FOLLOWING OF CHRIST, I MUST CORRECT THIS BY CONFESSING MY ERROR, AND ASKING HIS FORGIVENESS IN ORDER 2 BE PLACED BACK ON MY PREDESTINED STRAIT AND NARROW WAY.

HOW DO I DISCOVER MY ERROR IN THE 1ST PLACE? LIKE MOST OF US WHEN THINGS GO TERRIBLY WRONG, WE BEGIN 2 SEEK GOD, ASKING HIS ASSISTANCE AND
ATTENTION.

UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH TROUBLE CAN BE A POOR BAROMETER TO GAGE OUR ACCURACY IN FOLLOWING GOD. MANY TIMES THE DESIGNATED PATH IS STREWN WITH ADVERSITY, HEARTACHE, AND DISSAPPOINTMENT. HOW ELSE WOULD WE GROW FROM MILK TO MEAT, OR LEARN TO TRULY STRETCH OUT ON FAITH. NOT 2 MENTION THAT THE WORD OF GOD INFORMS US THAT TROUBLE IS PAR FOR THE COURSE.


Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.


SO THEN WHAT ARE WE TO DO ? HOW DO WE EVER KNOW IF WE ARE ON THE RIGHT COURSE WITH THE LORD ? THIS MUST BE DONE IN COMBINATION. FOLLOWING GOD WILL REQUIRE THE GREATEST COLLABORATION WE WILL EVER BE A PART OF.

THE TEAM MUST CONSIST OF READING, LEARNING AND KNOWING GOD'S WORD.

WE MUST THEN TAKE THIS NEWLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATION, IN OTHER WORDS USE IT, DON'T SIMPLY QUOTE IT. GOD IS NOT RUNNING SOME ELOCUTION CLASS (LOOK THE WORD UP), HE'S TRYING 2 GET US 2 HEAVEN.

WE MUST PRAY FOR HIS WILL, HIS STRENGTH, AND HIS WISDOM 4 PROPER APPLICATION, AND ENDURANCE.

PERHAPS MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL WE MUST LEARN 2 SIMPLY STAND, AND NOT MOVE. WHEN IT APPEARS AS THOUGH ALL OF HELLS FORCES ARE AGAINST YOU, AND SEEMINGLY CRUSHING YOU. WHEN IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE IS NO POSSIBLE CHANCE 4 VICTORY, AND THIS COULDN'T BE GODS PATH OR HIS WILL, WE MUST STILL STAND AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTION, AND GUIDANCE.

FINALLY THIS SPIRITUAL COLLOBORATION MUST BE SOLIDIFIED BY FAITH. NOT JUST ANY FAITH THOUGH. STORMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE REQUIRE GOD SUSTAINED SUPERNATURAL FAITH. THE KIND THAT EVEN THOUGH SHAKEN, STILL WON'T RUN.

DO WE HAVE THAT TYPE FAITH ? IF NOT WE'D BETTER GET IT, AND SOON! THIS IS THE ONLY TYPE OF FAITH THAT WILL GET US INTO HEAVEN, BUT IT REQUIRES ALL OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE COLLABORATION AS WELL.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ? IS IT BACK TO MAKING OUR OWN WAYS AND OUR OWN MESSES ? GOD FORBID!

LET'S START PUTTING OUR SPIRITUAL COLLABORATIVE IN PLACE SO WE CAN NOT ONLY RUN IN THIS RACE, BUT ACTUALLY WIN.

TOO MANY CHILDREN OF GOD BELIEVE THAT SIMPLY SHOWING UP TO THE RACE WILL SUFFICE, BUT HOW SAD THEY WILL BE TO DISCOVER THAT THE OBJECT WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED 2 BE WINNING THIS RACE.

2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION: START STANDING 2DAY ! EVEN IF U ARE ON THE WRONG PATH, STOP MOVING, AND STAND STILL.

NOW CALL ON GOD, CONFESS YOU'VE BEEN ON UR OWN PATH. ASK HIS FORGIVENESS. REQUEST HIS DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FOR UR NEXT MOVE. READ, LEARN, AND PRACTICE THE WORD OF GOD, AND PRAY LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

THEN, ONCE U RECIEVE GOD'S DIRECTION MOVE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY, AND DETERMINATION REALIZING TIME AND STEPS HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOST IN DISOBEDIENCE.

LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST BELIEVE THAT EVEN THROUGH THE STORMS, HEARTACHES, PAIN, AND SUFFERING, THAT GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE YOU (HEB.13:5), AND THAT HE LOVES US MORE THEN WE LOVE OURSELVES.



I PRAY GOD'S PEACE N MERCY B UPON U AND URS !



G-TEP aka K.J. DUMPSON