This is the day where I stood before God in all my nakedness (not literally), because just as Adam and Eve stood naked, our hearts and souls are naked before God. There is no part of our being, our thoughts, our emotions that he cannot see and does not understand. I stood before him today and took the first step to the rest of my life. I am crossing over from the land of living in semi-comfort into the land of the unknown, I am stepping over into the land of God's perfect will for my life. This is the day where I begin to define just how committed I am!
There are parts of my testimony that are still a little scary even to me! How do you share the heart of who God is to you, I questioned? How do you help people to see that the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the book of Daniel, was not just a story but a vision of sorts that God revealed, it was a place marker in a chapter of my life that God did send an angel to walk in the fiery furnace with me! It is the place where God called me by name and said, "Rechelle, you are mine!" He called me "daughter". He declared his love for me and my life has been forever changed!
In the bible there is the scripture that Says, "Come and follow me and I will make you fishers of men!" When that was read to me I took it literally. I guess when the Bible says that God is no respecter of person's I took him at his word. So there I was knowing that God wanted to use my life to impact the lives of others. As I got older I shied away from the call. With my personality being the one who is always the voice of reason becomes lame or even annoying with teens, as I got into college I just ran as fast and as far as I could. I guess the one thing you cannot count on having as a college student is wisdom or forsight. Had I stopped and thought about it I would have realized you cannot out run God. He knows where you are going, the route you will take to get there and once you have arrived he will be there waiting to bring you back! To redeem you! To call you out of the pit!
I wonder if any of you have had those times in life when the current situation was one of extreme discomfort. How did God bring you through? How did you show your commitment to Christ and to serve in whatever he asked of you?
There are parts of my testimony that are still a little scary even to me! How do you share the heart of who God is to you, I questioned? How do you help people to see that the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the book of Daniel, was not just a story but a vision of sorts that God revealed, it was a place marker in a chapter of my life that God did send an angel to walk in the fiery furnace with me! It is the place where God called me by name and said, "Rechelle, you are mine!" He called me "daughter". He declared his love for me and my life has been forever changed!
In the bible there is the scripture that Says, "Come and follow me and I will make you fishers of men!" When that was read to me I took it literally. I guess when the Bible says that God is no respecter of person's I took him at his word. So there I was knowing that God wanted to use my life to impact the lives of others. As I got older I shied away from the call. With my personality being the one who is always the voice of reason becomes lame or even annoying with teens, as I got into college I just ran as fast and as far as I could. I guess the one thing you cannot count on having as a college student is wisdom or forsight. Had I stopped and thought about it I would have realized you cannot out run God. He knows where you are going, the route you will take to get there and once you have arrived he will be there waiting to bring you back! To redeem you! To call you out of the pit!
1 Corinthians 10:13
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way
of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
