In our time together yesterday we talked about two things that are so important. Recognizing the parrallel tracks in our lives of "Spiritual" and "Non-spiritual," and crying out to God.
I am in a position where I get to hear a lot of stories of people blowing up their lives, and it is sad and avoidable. The solution is so simple that I feel like an idiot saying it, "Live a godly life." Sure the "advice" takes different forms in different situations, but it boils down to "live a godly life," "God's way really is the best way," or "that may feel good, or right, now, but it isn't godly and it won't feel that way later."
By the grace of God choose to save your own life. Prevent situations by taking time to think about areas of your life that aren't "integrated." That is to say, "Are there areas of your life where God is absent, or you know that, if you really thought about it, are wrong?" Those things might seem managable now, but they are entry points for things that will destroy your life.
Crying out to God means calling on Him with the realization that He is your only hope. We like to think that we are strong enough, smart enough, savy enough, or attractive enough to make our lives into what we want them to be. The truth is we are not. We need God, and any area not plugged into Him is eventually going to be unfulfilling or a destructive force.
May the Holy Spirit lead us on this journey!
Psalm 15 "LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? . . . He who swears to his own hurt and does not change . . . He who does these things shall never be moved."
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