UPROAR TURNS 1!!!

A thousand useless beliefs can attach themselves to one small truth and yet, one mighty yes can follow a multitude of passive no's.

I've come to learn over the course of the last year how simple it can be to receive from the Lord. Be it His love, His presence, His acceptance, His applause. We make things more complex than they have to be. It's something I am learning to walk in with full security and belief. God isn't hard to please nor hard to find; we just don't always believe He is as welcoming as He is. I've learned to check my agenda when it comes to my relationship with the Lord. Am I coming to accept His truth or to fight His freedom for the sake of the comfort I find in my own bondage? Do strongholds hold a better position in my mind than the renewal of God's powerful word? Life can really change in an instant, and sometimes the only thing keeping us back from fully receiving all things new is our own blind spots. The thought patterns that keep us in a posture of pride. Pride sounds like "I deserve this, or I don't deserve this because, etc." Both are incorrect if God Himself hasn't spoken that over us. The only truth is that For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16. And out of that sacrifice, you and I no longer have to be apart from the Lord and all His glory. You and I are no longer slaves to what bondage we knew before truly receiving our inheritance as joint heirs with Christ. All of our mishaps or missteps along the way are a part of sanctification and the walk of the believer, but what I choose to focus on is the truth that "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus". Philippians 1:6. God's not done with any of us. I choose to stand ten toes down on that scripture because Jesus has yet to return, so therefore He is not done with us. Until Jesus comes back, let Him love you. Let Him hold you. Let Him part the sea of confusion and pain. Receive His yoke and carry His burden. Fear not being near Him, fear being resisted out of pride. Do not fear His company nor His conviction but instead receive it. Be angry in His presence, wrestle with things in His presence and filter them through His word. Come boldly to His throne. Ask, knock, seek Him FIRST. Man's acceptance nor applause, nor even love can satisfy our desperation only Jesus can. And if we're going to be desperate for anything, let that be for the one who can actually supply what we are in dire need of. All else is just a bonus, all else is vapor, all else fails to measure up and that's okay because it was never meant to be compared on the same level as God. Let every relationship have its rightful place in your heart and mind. Let every financial decision be submitted to the King. Let every worry fade in His presence not because it's easy but because it is our inheritance. Are you and I not His child? Were we not blood-bought? Have we stopped receiving His grace? Do we not have the ability to repent and turn back? Does the Bible not show just how hard it is to ever be far from the Lord who loves us beyond human understanding?

So uproar turned 1 on March 14th, 2025 and as i look back over my first couple of blog posts, i just smile. It's cool to see what can come from a mer yes. looking forward to writing and doing even more this year. Thank you for reading and for all the encouraging words i was told after each blog post.

Shalom.

As long as the seeds planted are mustards; we are growing in the right direction