*We are in Control of Our Destinies but GOD Is Destiny.
King David says it all with:
“The
earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.
For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established
it upon the floods.” Psalms
24:1-2 ~ KJV
I find pleasure in knowing that my
Father is the creator of everything because I know that as long as I “Ignore
Reality and Trust GOD” I will be taken care of. “The Sky is the Limit.” You can walk, talk, and think knowing that
GOD’S grace is keeping you alive and GOD’S
grace is what allows You to accomplish the goals that you have set for your
life.
Again, I will repeat
this: We are in control of our destinies
but GOD is destiny and I will repeat this from the previous excerpt: “One thing that will never change in your
life is the constancy of the existence of GOD.
He is in everything and in everyone… I find pleasure in knowing that my
Father is the creator of everything because I know that as long as I “Ignore
Reality and Trust GOD” I will be taken care of. “The Sky is the Limit.” You can walk, talk, and think knowing that
GOD’S grace is keeping you alive and GOD’S grace is what allows You to
accomplish the goals that you have set for your life.” Our spirits seek the connection with GOD all
of our lives, but many of us try to fill that void with physical things that
will never be able to quench that thirst.
The only way to quench that thirst is with the spiritual because it is a
spiritual thing that we are trying to quench.
Explanations may
be hard in many cases, but each of us will have to experience individually the
liberation of knowing that GOD exists and He will communicate with you
spiritually if you would allow it. I can
quote scriptures from GOD’S words but each individual will have to seek Him an
experience their own personal liberation. We are all created with a [1]zeal
for something. When I was growing up, I
possessed a zeal for music, so I asked GOD to bless me with the ability to sing
and He honored that request. I have a
beautiful contralto voice that was a gift and at age 10, my fifth grade music
teacher noticed it and that was the beginning of a long love of singing gospel
music. Later in high school, my choral
teacher hoped I would try out for a music conservatory because she felt that I
had an operatic future. I chose the
United States Air Force and sang in groups, bands and solo in many military
activities and events, I often wonder what will have occurred if I had taken
the music route. Perhaps, I would be
singing opera somewhere today. The point
is this: we are all created with a zeal for something and mine was music. Some people call their zeal a gift, so my
gift is a contralto voice and the love for music.
Concentrating
on your spirituality will assist you in developing a positive relationship with
yourself and with GOD if that is your choice.
Every religion requires quality study and meditative quiet time with God
and your spiritual self; King David is our greatest example for showing how
important [2]meditation
and quiet time is with GOD and your spiritual self. He was able to write 150 Psalms and these
Psalms are great for meditation thousands of years later.
…I love the word of GOD. I know
that when I take the time to study it, GOD’s Holy Spirit ministers to my soul
and spirit. King David was blessed with
an abundant and prosperous life and he made mistakes just as we make mistakes,
but he loved GOD and was not afraid to confess it. I truly believe this is the reason he was
gifted with a zeal to write those 150 Psalms for our benefit thousands of years
later. Praise GOD! Meditate and spend
quiet time with your Creator: GOD.
Meditation has
been around for centuries and the benefit is individual. Quiet time is comforting and refreshing to
your soul and spirit. I have learned far
more about GOD and my spirituality by spending quiet time studying the bible
and prayer than I have attending a church.
Many times you are distracted by other things going on around you in the
church during the sermon, whereas, one on one bible study with your spirit and
the Holy Spirit is less distracting.
Many times, I find myself saying “Okay GOD, now I know why I experienced
that situation”. When I was being
instructed to be an evangelist during the early 1980’s, we were taught to fast,
pray and meditate a lot. I learned so
much. I was ordained under a Pentecostal
minister and he was operating with so many spiritual gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians
12. During my ministry training period, I
was anointed so much by studying the bible, praying and fasting and I was
gifted with the Holy Spirit from that period until this day. The gift of speaking in tongues was one of my
gifts and I still pray to GOD this way when I am alone. I feel closer to Him when I pray this way.
GOD is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit
and in truth."
John 4:24 NIV
You have to “Embrace Your Spirituality” and
begin to “Live Free”.
You control your destiny, but GOD is destiny.
*Excerpt
Taken from Part 1: God the Spirit of My
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Embrace Your Spirituality… Live Free...
[1] Zeal - :
eagerness and ardent
interest in pursuit of something : fervor http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeal
[2] meditation
- The English
meditation is derived from the Latin meditatio, from a verb meditari, meaning "to think,
contemplate, devise, ponder, meditate". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation#Terminology
