Ponderings of the Heart

Directions from God…. There are times in life when God gives us specific directions on what, when and where.   Those other times are the spots in life where you aren’t quite sure what to do.   Sure God is speaking…just not at our speed or with enough detail for us.   Aren’t those fun times.   ;)   So I had a discussion with myself tonight and knew it was the next blog topic!   How do you know how to proceed in these times of questions?   Here is what God has laid on my heart… 1)   Know it probably isn’t an overnight answer!   Sure sometimes it is, but often its not (at least in my experience).   We can’t be proactive and guess or do what we want.   Instead we must wait on God to give us clear direction for the next step.   2)   Sometimes all we may get is the next step…not the next five, or even the next two…just one.   I am reminded of Abraham when God told him to go.   That was all…just “go.”   There w...

Matthew 26:14-15 says: "Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests and asked, 'How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?' And they gave him thirty pieces of silver." I was reading this verse a while back and it made me think... how much will I take to betray Jesus? Or maybe a good question is what will I take/do to betray Jesus?  And then I read "Judas, the one who would betray him, also asked, 'Rabbi, am I the one?' And Jesus told him, ' You have said it.'"  (Matthew 26:25)  This, of course, provoked the question in me, "am I the one?"  Could I be betraying Jesus with my life?  Am I living in a way that brings honor and glory to Him?  What in our life are we doing or not doing that betrays Him?  Could it be not praying before meals in public or how we treat people and our attitude?  There are a million plus ways that we could be betraying Jesus and we don't really even reali...