Do you ever experience spiritual dryness?Has your life ever been in a spiritual rut?
Routine is good, but it can lead to a sense of familiarity. Familiarity breeds contempt.
What would life be like if we experienced a Genesis on a regular basis?
When I think of the word Genesis in this context...I think of newness, fresh, and alive. Also, I think of life experiencing a new beginning and fresh start.
We all struggle at times with spiritual dryness and keeping our spiritual life fresh and new. The Bible says, "his mercies begin a fresh each morning." God wants us to realize we can experience a sense of destiny each day. How do we fuel this desire? PURPOSE. Purpose fuels desire. If we will live our life on purpose each day, week, and year. It will increase our desire.
"There is no great attainment without desire"
Proverbs 13:9 "A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul"; Proverbs 18:1 "Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire"; Proverbs 19:2 "Desire without knowledge is not good".
Prayer: "Lord, what do you want me to do today? Week? Year?"
But, once we kick into desire, we have to move in courage. It will take courage sometimes to move out into the instruction God gives us. Courage is not the absence of fear, but an action of leadership in taking action when faced with fear. When we have courage to do what other people won't, we are empowered to do what other people can't. We are going to have to learn to overcome fear and doubt if we are going to experience the freshness of God and the hand of God.
After we have the courage to move, we need to have faith, God can. "Everything is Possible with God" "Now all Glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think". (Eph 3:20) God wants to move mightily through us, we just have to believe God can and He wants too. Just because we have faith does not mean there is no obstacle, challenge, or times of suffering. Jesus had faith and he suffered in the garden and on the cross for you and me. And thank the Lord he did. Many times we think because we have desire, courage, and faith, we will be free from suffering and pain. The enemy is going to fight hard to get us to quit and stop going after purpose.
As we move out in faith, we must all realize, we have our own original plan. God has a specific plan that fits our gifts, talents, and abilities. We must not waist time with our life, time is short, let's figure out our strengths, passions, and assignments; and run this race of life with endurance. Discover what you do best at, and do more of it, and less of what you are horrible at. We need to all find our individual plan and place we fit in the Kingdom and move in it. You are an original and have your own DNA. WOW...Very Exciting!
The Lord wants us to live out a Genesis day, week, and year. "...God's mercies are new every morning"...as it says in Lamentations. He wants our walk with him to stay fresh and a new, let's fight against apathy, normality, and just getting by. You are the one the Lord loves. Don't let circumstances and culture paralyze your view of what God wants to do through you.
This message of Genesis is so real in me, God is challenging me to keep my relationship with him fresh. Getting out there in radical faith and trust in Christ alone.
