Deuteromony 31:8 "And the LORD, he is it that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed"
I can remember when I first gave my life to Christ, I was on a spiritual high and nobody could tell me anything about MY God and what He could and would do for me. I prayed constantly, I listened to gospel (not crossover..."lead me to the cross" GOSPEL) constantly, I studied the Word constantly, and all that comes with new salvation. Then I eventually came down from my high and things got real! My faith was tested which made it a little more difficult to be in the Word as I had been before, without doubt and worry, I was tempted to listen to secular music (which there's nothing wrong with if you can handle it). Ultimately God had brought me to the point where it was time for me to grow spiritually...I had gotten the goodnes of God down to the T but there's more to Him than that and to know God you must know the fullness of Him.
That's when I learned that there would be several stages in my spiritual journey and the beginning was the "honeymoon" stage, for lack of a better term. I was SO So so in love with my newly restored relationship. I was showing Him all kinds of affection, I was attentive to the things He required of me, and I just wanted to be with Him all the time. I like to think of my tempting and testing stage as the "commitment stage" because that is what I think was being tested. How commited to Christ are you? If you don't have any money, are you still committed? If you're sick, are you still committed? If you lose your job, are you still committed? If your bf/gf/spouse leaves you, are you still committed? If everything that could go wrong DOES go wrong, are you still committed? As I'm writing this I'm beginning to think there aren't stages there is a cycle because I'm been at this "commitment" stage several times.
It is important that we do not zone out spiritually during times when we don't clearly see God moving in our lives. Our darkest moments are when we should be most spiritually alert. Meaning we should be on the look out for God in EVERY situation. I love the quote "There is a blessing in every lesson" I can confidently say that this is true especially when my spirtual alertness is on 10. The Word says that the Lord goes before us and will be with us so if something happens to me or in my life I know that God allowed it and because He does nothing without reason I look for that which is GOoD in the situation (even small situations). I'm so glad Marissa wrote about progression versus perfection yesterday because it is a perfect way to describe how our spiritual journey is. Perfection is achieved in Heaven progression is achieved on earth. Stay spritually alert!
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