I would like to start out this post with this question; where do you spend most of your time: past, present or future?
Hold that answer in your hand as you continue to read through this entire post and let God speak some “rhema” words to you…..
Imagination…..such a powerful ability. That power alone makes us so much like our father. But without wisdom, imagination is a cruel taskmaster! A weapon of destruction of your very soul!
Let me explain; do you think that we as human beings were designed to live in the present or the past or the future? I think the most obvious answer is that we were designed to live in the present……right?
Relax….yes that is correct. But now tell me; where do you spend most of your time in your mind, in your imagination, in the present, in the past, or in the future? If I answer this honestly; I spend little time in the present, a lot of time in the past, and also time in the future trying to figure out what that’s suppose to look like. Now if we turn to our father, he might say something like this; when I dwell with you, when I come and stay with you, I do so in the present……I live in the present moment! Not the past, although much can be remembered and learned by looking at the past. A view in the rear view mirror, but only for a visit, a look. Not an extended stay!!! Do not set up camp and just camp out here!!! And also for sure do not dwell in the future you visualize or imagine. Your imagination here of the future, which is almost always dictated by fear of some kind, rarely, if ever, pictures of our father are there with us.
Why do we do this? It is our desperate attempt to get some control over something you can’t. It is impossible for you take power, or control over the future because it isn’t even real, nor will it ever be real. We try to play God, imagining the evil that you fear becomming reality, and then you try and make plans to avoid what you fear.
So why do we hang on to so much fear in our lives?……..because we don’t believe. A very dear friend of mine once said; “you can trust God with our greatest pain” can I change that to read like this; “you can trust God with your greatest fear”. The person who lives by their fears will not find freedom in His love. Now I’m not talking about rational fears regarding dangers, but the imagined fears, and especially the projection of those into the future. To the degree that those fears have a place in your life. And you don’t believe that He is just that good, that He loves you just that much! You sing about it, you talk about it, but you don’t know it to it’s fullness in which God deeply wants to pour out to you.
So……….what was your answer when you started?
What is your answer now?……….God blessing rest with all of us.
