Life's Interruptions
- Michael Smith
- May 19, 2007
Life's Interruptions
Life's interruptions always seem to come at the most inconvenient time don't they?
These interruptions in life can be purposed by God to mature us into the image of His Son.
God does not want us to be conditioned by flesh rather He wants us to be spontaneous in the Holy spirit.
Kinds of Interruptions:
Job lost or work related problems.
Relationship issues through friends or spouse.
Illness or on going suffering.
Lost of a love one.
Finances or unexpected expenses.
Things not going our way
Anything unexpected that interrupts our routine of life.
Reasons for Interruptions:
God wants to change us though life's interruptions, as we walk by faith, believing God is working all things together for our good.
Sin and iniquity wants to direct our lives through our reactions in the flesh to life's interruptions.
Sometimes it is the devil and we need to resist him.
However many times it is God allowing circumstances in our lives in order to mature us even if He uses the devil.
God wants to crucify our flesh through life's interruptions and
make us dependent on Him.
How do we typically respond:
We can become conditioned through life's interruptions.
We often repetitively react the same to certain interruptions or circumstances.
Frustrated, upset, irritable or angered.
Worry, anxiety, doubt or fear.
Our flesh becomes most alive at these times.
We try and remove the interruption as quickly as possible and in our strength.
We pray and ask God to remove the interruption.
Or we move into some action etc. to remove or fix the circumstance.
Eph. 2 say's we no longer walk in the darkness or futility of our mind.
Do we really want to go back to that which we no longer are?
If our times really are in Gods hands should we not agree with Job who said,
"Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?"
Psalm 4:2 say's
"How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception?"
How long will we resist that which God allows to mature us?
Can we not choose life or death?
Will we allow ourselves to be manipulated to act independently of God? Do we somehow know what is best?
We like things in our lives to be predictable.
We like to be in control.
When we find ourselves resisting life's interruptions are we now resisting the hand of God in our lives?
Our response should be:
Let us not continue to go in the way of our hearts, by acting independently of God, thus allowing sin to separate us from our Father.
We need to respond and not react, to be led by the spirit and not react in the flesh.
We are to ask of the Lord, and seek Him as to why these interruptions are in our life. And then trust Him with the answer.
We need to be receptive and open to be directed by our Father.
And be open to receive direction from God through others, who many times will have a different insight into our circumstances.
God has even used a donkey in scripture.
We can and must surrender fully to God. We can trust him.
He who the Son sets free is free indeed. Let us not go back again and walk in bondage by reacting in our flesh to life's interruptions.
Let us embrace life's interruptions with a new and renewed determination to allow God to have His perfect will and desire in us.
What great things He will do for them that put their trust in Him and not in the flesh.
If we can allow the Father to express Himself through us into the circumstances or interruptions of our lives, we will release His anointing and power into the situation or circumstance.
By faith we need to believe He is working all things together for our good and His purposes in our lives.
By trusting Him we will see the His mighty works manifest, amen?
