Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Clutter..

wow. the last 3 weeks have been incredibly busy for me.. i almost feel as if i finished last year running, entered this new year sprinting.. and then suddenly i didn't have anymore to give. you know that moment in your 2.4km run or at the end of a race when you feel your legs just can't take it anymore and you're about to trip over yourself? yup, that was me at the end of last week. it was like my life was so.. cluttered. i felt overwhelmed by the amount of things i had to do, or that weren't working out.. and i just needed space to breathe when everything else was grabbing for my attention. i was all ready to sit down by myself and have a
good cry..


so when i came for service last sunday, i was exhausted. i didn't think i had the energy to raise my hands and worship God for that service. i had a 1000 things running through my head.. i couldn't even catch up with me! surely God would understand.. after all, i was doing His work.. right?
then suddenly it hit me. that was exactly what satan wanted for me.. first i got so busy that i became distracted from what was most important- my ministry to God.. then as things got busier (who would've thought that possible?!) and things began to go wrong, i became tired & discouraged. when that happened, and i began to feel like i was drowning in a heap of stuff that i couldn't get out of, i began to doubt God.


i was standing in front of the service hall when God began revealing all these things to me. and just then, it was like a new strength was infused inside of me. i began to raise my hands, open my mouth (eh this was during praise & worship k- i wasn't being WEIRD or anything. haha.) and started declaring God's goodness, His soverignty, His omnipotent power.. LOUDLY. my God is mighty to save! and as i declared the truth, all the lies- the distractions, discouragement and doubt- began to fall away in the light of His glory & grace. it was amazing.. i got my breakthrough when i lifted my voice to praise His name above all my momentary troubles.

so if you feel like your legs are about to give way from under you.. i pray you'll lift your voice to praise His name- come back to the Father. breakthrough will come.. (:


His love and mine, Cherie (:

posted by IGNYTE, Trinity@PL @ 2:56 PM