I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. Simply as a personal preference, if I have a goal, I don’t believe in putting it off or putting a time limit on it. God doesn’t start or stop giving miracles just because the date changes, so why should I box in my goal that way?
However, each year I do like bringing in a fresh word that God has put on my heart, even if I have already been pursuing it at the end of the previous year. This year, that word is truth. Capital “T” Truth. As in Jesus Truth.
I have been finding myself lately, neglecting God and the time He has given me to spend with Him. I have been running around, confused about areas in my life that may not need to be there, and I forget that God has already sorted and sifted through it all before I was born. I have been frazzled about what my truth is. What my standards are. I’ve been attempting to think my way out of it. But that’s not how this works. I don’t get to put God on the back-burner just to figure out how I myself want to live.
The Truth is, I should be living for Jesus.
It’s interesting because I already know the things He calls into my life are truly my deepest desire, and yet I still have a tendency to try to figure things out on my own. A tendency to live by my own standards. In the midst of the temptation of these tendencies, God wakes me up and says: “Hey, kid, here’s the Truth.” Then He rocks my world and turns my expectations upside down.
And why shouldn’t I follow these standards?? Why shouldn’t I follow Him? All He asks of us is pursuit and an open heart. If I can’t give Him that, what am I? Who am I? Who am I to deny the King of Kings anything? Living life to seek and love the Lord is the most challenging yet rewarding thing I will ever do. That is the Truth.
So let’s get real. What are you intentionally doing to pursue what the Lord calls you to?
This is a question I have to consistently ask myself in order to keep the posture of my heart in check. A prayer I should pray more often, is for the Lord to help me keep my eyes on Him. On things that are pure and lovely. (Philippians 4:8)
The Truth is, we deserve nothing and He died to give us everything. So pursuit is what I choose to give Him. Set your standards on a higher reality than this world.
Esther 4:14 has been rattling around my brain lately.
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
God has brought me out of focus on the past and into focus on the present. It doesn’t matter what happened yesterday, you were intended to live here and now! He says, “Landry if not now, then when?
God has been calling me out lately, telling me to focus on His Truth rather than my own. To be honest, it can get annoying. But I can’t imagine anyone else I’d rather be held accountable by. So here’s to walking in accountability, Truth, and grace for my yesterday.
I love you for reading this far.
Yours,
Landry
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