I have, for the past few years been working on this as a goal. To follow God closely, is to acknowledge His as my Father, and seek His direction in all things. This is, of course, not very easy. We all have minds of our own, and it's in our natures to seek to please ourselves. I am no different.
However, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that if we seek to please ourselves, we will royally foul things up. God has our best interests at heart, like any good father. But more than that, He actually knows everything we want and need along with knowing how it would affect us if we got what we ask for. This is key... Only He knows whether something is good for us. So, when we ask for something, we have to bear in mind that if He says "no", then it really is for the best. God isn't being stifling or stingy. He is just protecting us and making our lives the best they can be. That is, unless we are working against Him. Then, He may just allow us to do our own thing, and see where we end up.
Well, in my desire to follow Him closely, I am constantly praying and asking for guidance. And I'm getting it. He tells me what to do, and I'm going to do it.
This blog is to become part of that. God is going to use it for good for someone. I may never know about it, but that's fine. It isn't for me to control or know. This is God's work, not mine.
So, from here on out, I will be posting as God tells me to. It should be interesting, at least to me.
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What a beautiful post! Praise the Lord for all his greatness and perfect knowledge!
Thanks for commenting! I'm so glad you like it. (Actually, I'm surprised anyone even read it!) Yes, thankfully, the Lord knows what He's doing. I don't pretend to. :)
I am in the process of setting up a blog. I put "hearing God's voice" as one of my interests, and by clicking on that, found your blog. I really enjoyed your story of how God told you where your doll was! I am also really encouraged by what you wrote here about listening to God in regard to posting in the blog. This is what I would like to do too. So, you never know - even if you may think no one reads your blog, it may be there for the encouragement of the occasional "passer-by" like me, who can be blessed by it! (just like in Isaiah 50:4)
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