Today I visited a new church called Elevation. They have three campuses with seven services between the three. I attended the one o'clock service at the providence high school campus. For those who read this that are looking for a God filled, Life changing, Young people driven service I would definetely recommend it. I had an awesome time and really wish that I could go back. The music was great the sermon was great the atmosphere was great!
The pastor was very down to earth but he had a lot of God inspired things to say. It really got me thinking.....
I have lived on this earth for 22 years so far and I am still only a infant in my walk with Jesus Christ. I have found myself claiming to me a follower of Jesus Christ but not truly showing the world Jesus Christ in me. I am truly 100% ashamed to sit here and say that I love the lord with all my being but I still don't read my bible on a daily basis, Pray on a daily basis, or get in that one on one prayer time in my prayer closet like I should. I am a failure on the inside and a fake on the outside.
I pray time and time again for God to take me deeper in my walk with him.... Take me to a level that I have never experienced before, yet I still sit on my butt and coast through life. I take the easy road out and I don't take a chance in turning my whole self 100% over to him. I don't know if I subconsciously don't want to have to deal with the hard times and the headaches that the devil will try to throw my way. Because you know that when you surrender truly completely over to God the devil sure tries to make it feel like you have just made the biggest mistake of your life. Pastor Steven from Elevation said this morning that without the winter hard times the spring times can't be rewarding. He was referring to dating... But I think it can also be representation of our walk with God. If we don't go through the hard winter times in our spirtual walk with God then we won't be able to get to the spring times let alone experience the high beautiful places in spring. The winter time is when the roots grow deeper and pruning happens. The roots grow deeper in the lord because you have to rely on him during those harsh winter months... and he using his pruning shears to prune away at your heart and make you like a new tree covered in buds for the spring.
My eyes have been opened and I am heading towards the spring season in my life.... Even though it is becoming winter outside in life it is going to be spring time inside my heart. I know that is will be a hard road to go down and I will stumble and make mistakes along the way, but I am going to take the words that I learned this morning and try to apply them to my life now. I will have to take baby steps but if I truly long for more of him I have to surrender and live completely for him
Love you Lord!!!!
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