So far this quarter has been pretty busy...but it's been a great time of learning and surrendering. Learning how to balance everything on my plate...and surrendering to God because I know that I can't do it. Learning more of God's Word and seeing things in my life that I need to surrender. Learning about the need of missionaries in Asia and surrendering my life to go there if that's what God wants. Learning more about the character of the God of the Universe and surrendering all of my life to Him alone because He alone is worthy.
Psalm 73:25-26 "Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." I wish I could say that I desire nothing but God...but my flesh and my heart fail...too often I desire things that are totally ridiculous when compared with God. Why? Because I lack faith...I don't REALLY believe that what God offers is better than anything else. But despite my failures...God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever...
Here's lyrics to a song that a friend of mine gave me a while back...enjoy.
THE KEY
Steve Chapman/Times & Seasons
Music, Inc/BMI 1996
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW I WAS HURT
BUT I'LL TELL YOU I'VE HAD SOME
TEARS
I CANNOT TELL YOU WHO IT WAS
THAT TURNED MY TRUST INTO TEARS
SO I TOOK THE PIECES OF MY BROKEN
HEART
I BUILT SOME PRISON WALLS
AND THERE I HELD THAT OFFENDER FOR
YEARS
AND THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT
"HE'LL NEVER KNOW FREEDOM…
AS LONG AS I LIVE, I'LL NEVER GIVE
HIM FREEDOM."
THEN ONE DAY THE VISITOR CAME TO
THIS PRISON IN MY HEART
HE SAID, "YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE ONE BEHIND THE BARS…
YES HE'S WEAK AND HE'S WEARY
HE HAS NOT SMILED IN YEARS
AND YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL
AT KEEPING HIS EYES FILLED WITH
TEARS…
BUT OH…HOW HE LONGS FOR HIS
FREEDOM
THESE WORDS ARE THE KEY, THEY
FIRST CAME FROM ME
'FATHER FORGIVE THEM'
COME LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO USE
THEM."
HE SAID, "DON'T YOU KNOW THE
OFFENDER
IS RARELY THE ONE IN PAIN
INSTEAD THE ONE WHO WILL NOT
FORGIVE
IS THE ONE WHO WEARS THE CHAINS!"
SO I OPENED UP THE PRISON DOOR
I USED FORGIVENESS AS THE KEY
AND WHEN I LET THAT PRISONER GO
I FOUND THAT IT WAS ME
AND OH…HOW SWEET IS THE FREEDOM
IT CAME ON THE DAY
WHEN MY HEART COULD SAY
"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM…FATHER
FORGIVE THEM."
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