Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Acts 11:12, “And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:”
You cannot obey the Lord and be a reasoning person.
This is because a reasoning mind will always find a reason why we should not obey the Lord.
What if one day the Lord in your spirit told you to do something you had never done before?
What if inwardly you were restrained by the Spirit from doing what you had always done?
Would this not cause your mind to reel?
Would you not begin to think and reason–Why should I not do this?
What reason is there behind this?
Why would the Lord be speaking to me this way?
But a person who knows the Lord would not question if the Spirit spoke in such a way.
For example, when the Lord wanted to pour out His salvation upon the Gentiles, He told Peter to do something that he had never done before.
He spoke to him to eat unclean foods (Acts 10:11-16).
Later, Peter testified that what he had done in going to the Gentiles was in obedience to the Spirit, without doubting or reasoning (Acts 11:12).
It is reasoning that prevents us from obeying.
We have reasons why we do not obey, reasons why we do not deal with certain things.
The Spirit has been speaking for years, but we have our reason, we have our proof, we have evidence, as to why we do not obey.
We can even support our disobedience with spiritual successes in other areas of our lives, in which we have touched the spirit and obeyed the Lord.
We have all kinds of reasons for not obeying the Lord over the matter He has spoken about.
I discovered that with obedience, there is no room for reason.
If the Lord said it, that is good enough.
There does not have to be a reason, especially when the Lord is breaking the stronghold of reasoning in our lives.
In our mind, we want reasons.
But when He deals with us to overthrow strongholds, He does not give reasons.
Until Tomorrow,
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
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TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Don Slate – Angela Bryan’s Dad – Hospice
Brandon’s Dad & Grandmother – Surgery
Bill Lawhead – Prayer Needed
Debra Roberts – Home in need of prayer
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
Nolan Jr. – Covid
Amy Garner’s Mother
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom –Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Donna Gourley
Doug Fritzel
Greg & Keith Payne – Lisa’s Brothers
James Garner’s G’Son
Joyceann – James Garner’s Daughter
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker – Hip replacement
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Mary Sims
Mary Williams Son – Mike – Accident
Michael Stanley
Nancy Brown’s G’Daughter
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Lisa’s Cousin
Sharon Blalock
Sherry Yoachum – Recovering
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Todd Bailey
Todd Roberts
Tom Witcher
Wanda Galanti