I WANT TO LIVE

Psalm 21:4  "He asked you for life, and you gave it to him....length of days, for ever and ever."

How often do we consider what life should be....besides, waking up each day, going through the motions, often just like the day before, and then bed at night just to awake to do the same thing again.  We so often just view our lives as one day after the next, nothing changing, just the same ol', same ol.  It doesn 't need to be.....not at all.

When I was just living day to day; well, to say the least it was boring.  I did not feel that I had a purpose, a real mission, if you will, in life.  And then the miracle of the Lord; not my salvation as I knew I was saved, however, this was a beautiful miracle.  But the miracle of giving me life.  Until we know what we are to do in this world, the reason that the Lord has for us, it doesn't seem like we are really living.  I can't tell you I know everything that the Lord has planned, as I don't believe He reveals it all to us at one time. I don't know that we could handle the "whole plan" at once.  And I believe the Lord knows this, that is why I think only portions are shown to us at a time.  But as the plan is revealed to us, each portion, there is encouragement and excitement for each day.  Real life stirs up in our hearts and we go to the day with expectation and awe.  I expect to see what the Lord has for me unfold each day.  I don't think too much about it the day before, as the Lord doesn't want us to get ahead of Him; I just do today, live in this day, loving this day, and then tomorrow when it gets here.  This is not to say that I don't make some kind of plan for the next day, as we all need to know what we will be doing; what I am saying is that sometimes there may be a change and we need to be able to flow with it.  We need to accept that the Lord has a plan different than the one we had, and look to it with excitement, as He will have something very special for us in it.  It will only be exciting if we look to it with joy and anticipation; you know the enemy will try to put a fear in you of the unexpected, "oh, what will happen since I am not going to do...", yes, he does try that.  But with complete trust in the Lord, we just go right out and follow the Holy Spirit's lead into just what the Lord has for us.

I cannot wait for tomorrow.  Today was beautiful, so satisfying and good.  Tomorrow is the Lord's day, a day to go and join in with my brothers and sisters in the Lord and worship Him, give Him all the glory, all the honor, for He is truly so worthy of all my praise, all my worship.

I want to live.  I don't want to just exist in a state of going through the motions; I want to bring all I have in the Lord to each new day.  I know I will be given the grace I need for each day, I know He will give me the direction I need, I know His strength will be sufficient for all I need.  I want to live with the full expectation of God's glory in my life.  I want to live knowing that by yielding to Him, my Lord and King, He will use me to fulfil His plan that will bring Him the glory and the honor.  I want to live each day in His love, so precious and unconditional, and in His Presence, my reward for obeying Him without question.  With love and anticipation, each day, each new day in my God, my beautiful Lord, I want to live.

11-12-11