Taking A Moment and Looking At What It Truly Means To Be Rooted and Grounded In God, His Word, and Love. (Remember, He and His Word Are One and He Is Love)

What is it that is pulling at your heartstrings today?  Ask yourself is it from God and is it of God.    There are so many situations that we encounter in life that pull and tug on us but we have to make sure that the things that are motivating and moving us in life are from and of God.   We can easily be pulled in the wrong direction if we are not rooted and grounded in what we say we believe.   

Understand, not only does God's Word need to planted in our hearts, we need to be planted in God's Word.    We need to be rooted and grounded in the Word and the Word needs to be rooted and grounded in us.    When something is rooted, it is firmly planted and has taken root.   It is fixed in one position and unable to move.    

There are several definitions for the word grounded that relate to our walk of faith.   One means to be mentally and emotionally stable.   Another means to be restricted and confined to home.   Being restricted to the things of God and being confined to operating like God wants you to operate is what "holiness" is all about.   So being grounded to and with God is not a punishment it is actually a privilege.    Another definition of grounded deals with electrical grounding.   When an appliance is grounded, it gives a backup pathway that gives an alternative way for the current to flow back to the ground if there is fault in the wiring.    So if you are grounded in God, there is always a backup pathway to get you back to God if something goes wrong.   That backup pathway is called repentance and forgiveness.   

The Bible talks about us being "rooted and grounded" in love.   Remember, God is love!  So we must be rooted and grounded in Him.    

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Ephesians 3:17

                “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,”

Let's Be Intentional About Trusting, Seeking, and Waiting On God

Are you trusting God to do it?   Whatever it is that you have need of in your life right now, ARE YOU TRUSTING GOD TO DO IT?   Are you trusting Him to bring His promises to pass in your life?    Are you trusting Him to meet the need you have right now in your life?   ARE YOU TRUSTING HIM? 

We say we trust Him.   We say we are willing to wait on Him BUT THE QUESTION IS ... are you truly trusting Him?    Is there any doubt in your mind that God can and will do what He said He would do?   If there is, learn how to cast down every thought that rises up against the knowledge of God.   Any thought that is coming against what God has said that He can and will do needs to be cast down.   You have to remember you are in control.   Don't allow your thoughts to get out of control to the point that they become wayward.    The word wayward means difficult or impossible to manage.   It means when something goes in a way it is not intended or desired.    Keep control of your thoughts.   Manage what you meditate on and think about.  You can do that.   You have the power of God working on the inside of you and you can control your thoughts.   

Today is a new day and today is a good day to TRUST GOD.   This is the day that God has made so let's intentionally be glad and rejoice in it.    Let's intentionally put our trust in Him.   Let's intentionally seek Him with our whole heart.   Let's intentionally wait on Him.     

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Philippians 4:6

 

Amplified Bible

 

6 Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. 7 And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].

R. Lynn Moore

~ Daily Moments With God 

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What Are You Doing While You Are Waiting On God To Move In Your Life?

Are you praying and staying in faith?   How often do we pray and then fail to stay in faith?   How often do we give up when we don't see what we have asked God for come to pass in our timeframe?    We have to remember that our timing is not God's timing and God's timing is what is best.

The big thing about life is that we do not know what our future holds but God does.    He knows the beginning to the end.   He know what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen.   Nothing catches God by surprise.     We have to trust Him.  We have to remember that our faith is in Him and He can do all things.    

It can be hard waiting on God to move and yet that is exactly what He told us to do.    While we are waiting, He told us to be strong in Him and to be courageous.   He told us to trust Him and to lean not to our own understanding.   He told us to acknowledge Him in all our ways and He told us to be patient.    None of this is easy to do but we have to remember we are not doing it alone because God said that He is with us always.   So He is with us to help us to do all of these things as we wait patiently on Him.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

 

Have You Surrendered Your All To God or Are You Holding Parts Of Your Life In Reserve?

What are you going to do today?   How are you going to live life now?   At this moment and at this present time, what will you do with your life?   Will you surrender it to God or will you go about living in the moment and doing any and everything that your flesh desires to do?   At some point we need to surrender in totality to God.   At some point we need to give Him our all.   

We have to understand what it means to give God our all?    It means to cast your cares on Him.   It means to surrender your life to Him.   It means to trust Him completely and to worship Him fully.    Have you given God your all or are you holding parts of your life in reserve?    Are you afraid to let go because when you let go you admit that you are not the one who is in control?    

Understand, God is asking each of us to surrender.  He is not asking one person to surrender and not another.   Our points of surrender may be different but we all must surrender to God and ask God to lead, to guide, and to direct our lives.    So let's make today and every day about God.   Let's wake up with the intent of surrender.   When you intend to do something it means you aim at purpose.   In other words, you have something you are aiming at and what you are aiming at has a purpose.   

Be determined to live life God's way.   After all our lives belong to Him.   He is the very air that we breathe. 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Romans 12:1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

How Are You Handling The Situations In Your Life? Are You Carrying Around The Weight Of Worry?

How are you handling the situations that are going on in your life?   Are you casting the care of them onto God or are you carrying around the weight of worry?   God does not want you worried.   He wants your full faith to be in Him.   He wants you to trust Him to do what He said He would do.   He wants you to stay in faith knowing that He knows the things you have need of and He is faithful and just to provide you with those things.   

God said in His Word to trust Him and to lean not to our own understanding.   He said to acknowledge Him in "all" our ways and He will direct our path.    We have to trust in, depend on, and do what God has told us to do.    God doesn't want us to be weary in our well doing.   It is His desire to honor His Word in our lives but it is our obedience to His Word that will allow the release of His blessings to come forth.    

No matter what it is that you are facing in life, remember, God can and will take care of you.   Remember, God is not a man and He does not lie.   He will honor His Word but you have to have faith in His Word and you must wait on His timing.   God is never late.   He is always on time.   We just have to remember, no matter what the circumstances are, He is working everything in our lives together for our good and His glory.    

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Romans 8:28

King James Version

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Are You Limiting God's Work In Your Life By Your Failure To Trust and Truly Believe That He Can and Will Do Whatever Needs To Be Done In Your Life?

What is it that you need for God to do for you?    Do you need a financial breakthrough?   Do you need Him to open up new doors?   Do you need healing in your body?   Do you need peace from the storms that come with life?   What is it?   What is it that you need?

Understand, God's ears are open to our cry.   He is faithful and He is just to bring about the breakthrough that we need right here and right now.   He can and He will do it.   Do you trust Him or do you live in the fear of "what if"?    What if it doesn't happen when you think it needs to happen?   What if things don't work out the way you plan or think they should?   What if? 

No matter what it is you are in need of in life, you have to live in the knowing that "God can and God will".   Even when things are not working out according to your plan, you have to know that nothing is too hard for God.   You have to know that God will change your natural circumstance with His supernatural power.   You have to know and trust that He is working everything in your life together for your good and His glory.   

Never forget that God is our source and He is our resource.    Always remember, He can make a way even when we can't see the way.    God's power is only limited by our faith.    Do you believe that He can and will do what He said He would do in, for, and through you and your life.    Remember what the angel told Mary ... "be it unto you according to your faith".

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Isaiah 43:19

“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

Are The People, Places, and Things In Your Life Bringing You Closer To God or Driving A Wedge Between You and God?

Are there people, places, and things in your life that are changing you?  Are they changing you for the good or the bad?   Are they bringing you closer to God or driving a wedge between you and God?    What is it you want from God?    Do you want to be closer to Him?   Do you want Him to bless your life beyond measure?   Do you want Him to open up new doors for you, in you, and through you?   If you want God to do all that, why would you let anyone or anything pull you away from Him.

Are you walking in the truth and living in the truth of God's Word?   Do people know from your walk and your talk that you are God's representative here on earth?   Are you hiding who God is to you and in you or are you letting who and what He is be displayed through you?    There is a difference in knowing God and knowing of God.   When you know God, you know that there is nothing or no one more important than Him.   You realize that without Him there is no life and there is no love.   God is love.   He is the very essence and breadth of life and you know that there is nothing you can do or accomplish in earth without Him.   You know and realize that He is ready, willing, and able to take care of you and all that concerns you in life.  You realize the fact that knowing Him ignites your love for Him and it enables you to receive His love for you.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

1 John 5:3-5

King James Version

3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?