Song of Solomon 2:14

““O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the cliff, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely.””
‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭2:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬


Ever since I was in Montana I feel that the Lord has really been trying to grow my prayer life. He has been trying to get me to expand my prayers and truly come to His throne regularly throughout my day. I am usually speaking to Him pretty often and I feel as though I have a rather decent prayer life, but He has really put it on my heart to pray much more fervently, both in spirit and in petition. Honestly at first, and even still at times, I feel like some of my prayers start out either forced, wrongly timed, or even just unnecessary altogether. Especially when I pray about things repeatedly or just go into a time of prayer not exactly knowing what I'm supposed to be praying about. But in almost every circumstance, the Lord has continued to show me how untrue that is. He has continuely shown me that He is hearing my prayers and that He wants me to be praying. Just this morning while we were waiting for our boat to pick us up I just decided that I was going to go off and have a quick time of prayer. I didn't know really why or what exactly I was going to pray about it, but I just felt a small desire to pray. That time I took of short prayer became a beautiful time that I got to spend before the Lord, and really gave me the life I needed to start my day. I had no idea what He had for me, but He was simply waiting to just pour His grace upon me. I've found now that He's even been laying heavy, sudden burdens upon my heart to come to Him. At times it's almost like He’s speaking to me, “come pray”. And it's funny because this has been a problem in my daily walk with others but I just now noticed has also been a problem in my prayer life. The enemy attacks me with questions/statements like, “Why are you even bringing this up?” “He doesn't need to hear you now.” “You shouldn't be talking so much.” But I've come to realize that God loves to hear from us. I mean obviously He does but I've been truly, spiritually understanding how much He desires to hear my voice, and how joyous it makes Him when I seek Him out. And how loving He is to just pour His grace upon me when I seek Him, and to fill me with His power because I am always so lacking. He has been so good to me. Words will never be good enough for Him, so honestly I've stopped trying to please Him with them. All I can do is just pour out my heart to Him, and I know that is such a magnificent aroma to Him, no matter what lies the enemy tries to speak to me. Today I'm going to write “God loves my voice” on my hand to be a reminder of how sweet my voice is to the Lord.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

1 Corinthians 9:22

“To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭9:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Throughout this section of scripture Paul talks about how he always adapts his lifestyle to fit the people group in which he is attempting to preach to. Not everyone you preach the gospel to is going to have the same opinion about certain scriptural issues, and this is even more profound of a truth when you are dealing with groups of people and not just individuals. So when you are bringing the gospel to someone or a group of people that haven't experienced the truth of the gospel before, they are going to start to understand and experience it in a way that was completely different than the way that you experienced it. They may not see the importance of certain Christian values that you hold in high esteem and they might see Christian values that you hold at a low esteem with a much greater importance. Just look at t
Read more

Luke 17:7-10

“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”‭ Luke‬ ‭17:7-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ So often in life we look for rewards for the ways in which we serve. We look to get paid, to be commended, we tend to just want something. We often don't want to perform a task if there aren't any benefits for us at the end of it all. We feel that if we are serving we deserve something for our service. But that isn't true service. True service is serving even when there is no self-gain in what you are doing. It is where you are laying your wants
Read more

Luke 3:14

“Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭3:14 ESV Everyday the enemy plagues my mind with fleshly desires that feel like they would be tremendously satisfying if I had them right now. Usually the best defense that I've had against these thoughts is found in 2 Corinthians‬ ‭10:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,” Some fleshly thoughts that I have throughout the day are honestly kind of silly and aren't a problem taking captive. For instance, I wish I didn't have to eat oatmeal today, I wish I had my music to listen to, I wish I could take a nap right now, etc. All these things aren't too much of a challenge for me to take on and I don't really need to reread verses like Philippians 4:13 to overcome
Read more