sons of God

God's challenges often come slowly to start with, like our inside is nudged, prompted or guided by the Holy Spirits
gentle voice. God is so kind and so compassionate.
Then as our busy lives so often are not able to hear that voice, the pain grows bigger and our soul and often our body starts to tell us that an adjustment is needed. It's usually something like, "You need to rest now" or "you need to say sorry now" or "This is unfair and i want to scream about it" or "it's time to talk to a close friend or your partner now" or something like that.

We are invited by Jesus to come and "find rest for our souls". How magnificent that God would know our inside, hear our thoughts and then invite us to come and rest from our labours. - We ignore this invite at our peril.
It often takes a good friend, a crisis or an illness to really get us to stop and listen. But God is saying to us today:
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; i will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. (Ps32:8-9)

We are God's sons! Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. That is our privilege - to be led, not by force or by being dragged or senslesly controlled, but by this amazing union with God and friendship with God we are led by a combination of three things as I see it:
1: God's desires and dreams that we have had since the beginning of time in our hearts (wow) as unique image bearers and sons in the family.
2: The council and voice of the Holy Spirit in our lives. - It's the most beautiful relationship in the world. - The kind Jesus had with His Father!
3: Our circumstances, things that challenge us to grow and exercise our faith, test our patience and produce character.
These are the least favourite things but usually the only things that actually move us into a new experience!

All these things God has worked out in my life as i have learned to go forward with the desires and dreams He put in my heart that seem always to have been there, learning to be led by His Spirit as I move forward in all that, constantly being flexible and open to guidance, and through all the challenges of life that seem hard letting each of them drive me to God, and drive me to prayer.

Praise God, i am His son, I am being trained for eternity, to reign with King Jesus, and how awesome it all is!
Speak soon

Andy Strajnic, 03/11/2011