Our 3 year old grandson, Caleb loves to play on my phone. When I enter the room he
walks up to me with the sweetest face and says, “I want to pay you pone”.
Sometimes I let him. Other times the battery is too low. Occasionally I will
try to get something from him in exchange. “Okay, if you give me a kiss!”
Rarely do I get one of those. But sometimes when I say, “Okay, give me a hug”
he’s willing to make the exchange. Other
times he just says “hmph!” folds his arms and walks away. He weighs the
give-and-take in the balance and just can’t let go even though he desperately
wants to play a game on my phone. We’re both disappointed. Me, because I really
wanted that hug or kiss and I so wanted to bless him. Caleb - because he really
wanted to receive the blessing of getting to play on my phone.
We’re like that with God sometimes. He speaks to our heart about moving out or
moving on or simply letting Him choose the road we need to take. It’s just a
little east of our comfort zone. We look at the request from God, we look at
the desires of the heart, we look to Him and we look at ourselves. It’s just
too much to give. We weight it all out
and find ourselves walking away after deciding the exchange is too costly. It’s a huge disappointment for us – for we
who are in the household of faith ought to be more willing to let go. Not sure if it’s a disappointment to God, for
He knows all about us and He already knows what we’ll choose. But He has to
wonder why His children don’t just give the hug and receive the blessing!
Unlike Caleb, who is simply thinking with his mind, we are
able to pray about our decisions and look at them from a spiritual aspect. If
we let ourselves see with the eyes of the Lord, then we’ll say sure to God and
move with Him!
Caleb will outgrow his toddler thinking. He will grow out of
being so shy and unsure of the consequences of letting someone have a hug or a
kiss. As children of the Lord, I hope we outgrow our restraint with God.
Oh beloved, I pray for you today! I pray that you will see
the Lord and run to Him willingly and give Him your whole heart! I pray that
you will not hold back one piece of yourself from Him. I pray that as you give
yourself entirely to Him you will see all the amazing blessings that come from
a willing heart. I pray that you will measure carefully what God is asking of
you and do it with all your might! I
pray that as He speaks to you, you will listen with the ears of faith and see
with the eyes of trust and hold out your whole life with the hands of service.
I pray that you will feel the hug of His amazing love and hear the joy in His
heart as you give it all to Him.
I want to encourage you to drop every fear, worry, concern
and control and take every chance that God presents to you. I know in your
heart you want to receive every blessing, every mission, and every plan from
God. You’ll have to drop your guard in order to receive completely from the
Lord. But I’ll let you in on a little secret – it’s more than worth it! Why? Because God loves you and He’s for you
and that’s where the real blessings are received.
2 Samuel 7:28 For You are God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are truth, and You have promised these good things to
Your servant.
Psalm 119:32 I will [not merely walk, but]
run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.
(Amplified)
2 Chronicles 25:2 He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet
not with a whole heart.
Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and
my heart.
1 Chronicles 29:9 Then the people rejoiced because they had
offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord with a whole
heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.
Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
