Romans 6:14 PT Remember this: sin will not conquer you, for God already has! You are not governed by Law but governed by the reign of the grace of God. ….

Moving on from the last Post. God delivered his people from decades of slavery in Egypt. From there they went into the wilderness, to the desert. Where they learned to trust god and his provisions. On the way to the promise land a trip that shouldn’t have taken that long took 40 years. We are continuing this analogy to talk about our walks in Christ.

The book of Deuteronomy covers Israel’s disobedience. Much of that disobedience was rooted in lack of faith and trust in the Lord.

Let us not be so religious that we can’t identify with them. I remember laying in my bed asking god to let me go. Thinking everything would just be alright if he did. Though I’m still in the wilderness. I’m much further looking on the banks of the Jordan.

A podcast I have really enjoyed lately is called the Deep End with Taylor Welch. Its amazing and I encourage people to listen. Link below. https://www.youtube.com/@TaylorAWelch

In one episode Taylor is talking about having an argument with God. How dare you? But I identify. You think if your upset with God that he don’t know your heart? You maybe subconsciously and not even know it. We have to examine ourselves.

My heart had grown, callous, hard and prideful. I didn’t get what I wanted and things didn’t turn out the way I thought. So I finally decided to talk it out with him since my last post. I got in my car to go to work. No google maps, no radio.

“I had so much faith, when i packed my car to move. I remember praying to forgive someone and the relationship didn’t work out. I thought all these Christians were my brothers and they did me dirty.”

I let it rip. There was a girl I absolutely loved but she wasn’t a believer. I made a wreck of it and lost her in my life. My father died of cancer. I remember that day in tears on the floor like if your not going to heal him will you receive him. Then my sister called and gave me the news. I have had huge struggles with my health. I would see Christians being there for others. I tried pride to make me feel better. I stole glory from god, but ultimately I felt like David, oh you mean our brother that’s watching our sheep. That’s how my family has treated me. That’s how the church has treated me.

Then finally after a long time. I heard him, “Are you going to let it go?”

When I shared a bit of this with a co-worker his reply, “Oh, he checked you.”

“He did.”

I not only have to let it go but I am and I’m being so transparent to encourage others. To persuade them into relationship and away from religion. You can die in the desert without ever making it to the promise land. God is good and he disciplines the ones he loves. He prunes our branches to bear fruit. He humbles us and keeps us humble. The more submitted to his will in the process, the more we trust him and not ourselves, the sooner we can make it to the promise land.

Suffering is part of being christian and some denominations they like to stay there in the comfort of suffering that they know. I want to see the power of Christ. Like the book of Acts. I want the fullness of Christ that Paul writes about in Ephesians. That he prays for the Ephesians to receive in Chapter 1 and 3.

Until my next post I encourage people to read those prayers. Insert themselves. Something I learned from another minister, Kevin Zadai. Pray it. When he says you, say I. Pray it for others put peoples names in there. Which will lead into my next post praying and praying scripture.