Ada woke up that morning and made an effort to kneel by her bedside to pray but she lay right back on the bed; Her spirit just wouldn't let her! She was sick and tired of it all- the way the days crawled into weeks, weeks into months and all she did was sit at home doing nothing. She was tired of waking up every morning and working right through the same things again; wake up, do some little chores, watch tv, eat and sleep. How she hated it! As if that wasn't enough, she didn't want to talk to God?
She sighed and looked into space for what seemed like eternity then ,her eyes caught her bible just inches away from her. She reached out to pick it. What was she even going to read? She thought. The idea of using her devotional did not just appeal to her at all. Still she just couldn't sit there and do nothing. She wanted to get out of the mess she had found herself in this morning ,so she prayed, 'God I want to hear you. Speak to me'. Then she waited. And a verse dropped into her heart. Was that God? She felt a tinge of doubt but still opened it- Jer1: 17- 'Therefore, prepare yourself and arise...........
Was this what God was telling her? She felt hope rising within her as she thought about this word. But then despair settled over her again. So what was she supposed to do with this now? A voice asked within her. She didn't feel like rising or doing anything! 'God, what do I do?' She voiced out in frustration. Then she felt as though she was being nudged in her spirit and a quiet voice urging her, Just get up and pray! And she got up and the words began to tumble out of her mouth. At last!
Dear blogees,
Welcome to another uplifting post. Remember this popular opening line,
"When your body wakes up but your mind doesn't "..............
Yep. It's from the Lipton advert if we remember correctly. Well that's where I got my inspiration for today's post title. The full title is actually " When your flesh wakes up but your spirit doesn't". What about it, you may ask? Well, ask Ada (from story above) and she would tell you how dangerous it is for your flesh to wake up while your spirit is still asleep. Your flesh is that part of you that's set on the things of the flesh such as watching tv, reading, talking, eating and so on. Your spirit is the part of you concerned with praying, the word of God, worship and living a holy life.As believers, the flesh and spirit are supposed to work hand in hand for us to live a victorious Christian life. The spirit should have total control over the flesh. It should be the head of your flesh. You can imagine waking up without your head. For instance as the flesh part of you is talking, the spirit part is supposed to help you not to lie, exaggerate or falsify. As the flesh part of you reads, the spirit is to help you to filter what you read so you don't read materials that would jeopardize your Christian living. But this particular morning Ada's flesh woke up and started controlling her thinking. So she began to set her mind on the things of the flesh and she didn't want to do the things of the spirit. How sad!And that seed of despair that had been planted within her was determined to let her spirit remain asleep until God intervened. God is a God of beauty. The moment he steps right in, every ugly situation becomes beautiful and that was what he did with Ada. He roused her spirit from its deep slumber and told it to prepare itself for great restoration. Of course when she read this word, her spirit was still asleep so she couldn't make sense out of it. But God took control because she let him and he awakened her spirit. David let God take control too in 1 Sam. 30:6b, He strengthened himself in The Lord his God and he was able to hear God speak to him. When your flesh wakes up but your spirit doesn't, reach out for God's unfailing word in your heart. Believe his word and wait for him to speak to you. Better believe the word that says in the presence of God, there is fullness of joy because no matter what the situation may be, once you've taken time to commune and fellowship with HIM, you'll feel pure overflowing joy . So tomorrow morning and the next and the next.........I'm going to wake up, read His word, meditate , pray , sing and strengthen myself in The Lord my God. What about you?
Yours Blogfully
