Let's Be Stirred

There are many many times we get of into a mindset that is not pleasing to God. However we feel to deal with it, sometimes we even deal with it wrongly. We have too many things on our plate, we have no time for God, we push Him unknowingly to the background and MARCH ON FOR JESUS.

But this should not be so, friends. This should not be happening in our lives. Sometimes, as He did with the Israelites in the bible, God will allow things to come into our life to awaken us, to move us, and stir within us a desire to see Him move. It's times like these we should hit our knees, ask and desire mostly to seek His forgiveness.

Recently in two bible studies I'm in, besides the one He called me into, whew, wow, talking about no real time with facebook friends [I've begun to feel like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, not being able to join in any reindeer games lol]. But God began showing me the life of a real friend, a devoted friend. You can walk a harsh season in your life and a friend will walk with you, pouring their time and heart into your world. Then that season seems to be over, and you go separate ways, or you're not calling and emailing and texting every day. Then 6 months down the road you hear they are in a crisis, or a hard place in their life. Or you hear someone bad mouth that person, talking as if that person is not who they profess to be. What should rise up within us is loyalty. That same loyalty they showed us months ago, should arise within us to hold the torch for them.

Well after God was bringing these thoughts and random wonderings for about a week, He then took all those thoughts and turned them toward Him. He showed me THIS was the reason He told the Israelites to 'remember' Him. He would tell them to place a memorial of stones near a river He made dry so they could walk across and tell their children. He told them to begin on an annual anniversary of a death filled event to 'remember' how He protected them and to reinact that night year after year.

God was showing me He ..... is our friend too. He's walked with us during difficult times and poured into our lives on days when we didn't even know if we COULD get out of bed and face our circumstances. All the nights with our sick child, with us crying out to Him and He healed our baby. That loyalty He showed to us, that true friendship of being there through thick and thin. He says 'remember me' and have my back too.

In 2 Peter 3:1-4,8-9 it says "This 2nd epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance; that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour [His friends taking up for God]: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? for since our fathers have died, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance".

What I believe God has been opening up to me in the last couple of weeks is true friendship, and extending that friendship back to Him. We have all had God come to our aide. And God is saying there will be scoffers regarding His return and we're to have his back by remembering what the prophets and even the apostles have told us; His return is soon.

Why has He waited so long? His loooooooongsuffering is why, not willing that any should perish, but that ALL, even the scoffers, should come to repentance.

If you have gone through a season of paying attention more to other friends and not cultivating your friendship with God, take this weekend to talk to Him about that. Tell Him you're sorry for that. Tell Him you WANT to be a loyal friend, and that you want to take up for Him, as He's taken up for you.

Have a wonderful weekend ya'll~