Lest it be forgotten…not a chance in my life-time…I started noting on paper a few of the lessons I’m learning. I don’t know about you, but “lockdown” was a very profitable journey of slowing my pace and listening more fervently. I have had the opportunity to read a few books that I have wanted to pull off the shelf for years! Time seems to turn to liquid when I am not scheduled by the hour by the day. I do miss the personal contact with others, but He has pulled me under his wing and decided I would listen and learn better “locked-down”.
One lesson that I treasure has been understanding how important it is to declaring God’s Word. Speaking in agreement with God’s will prompts our renewal “thinking” process so we can think more like God thinks. This will cause us to talk more like God talks. Then talking like God talks will produce our walking like God walks…without fear, without anxiety, in peace and victory, instead of defeat.
The week before last Easter a good friend from Nebraska (Connie Weinman) shared a precious thought with me regarding the choice Christ made to go to the cross. She said, “He would rather go to hell for me than go to heaven without me”! As we look to Good Friday next week and the privilege, we have to set aside time to rehearse all that He is and did on our behalf and accomplished by His sacrifice, we can exercise the mystery of faith, which is a pure conscience and receive the grace to walk with Him in gratefulness and harmony.
Paraphrased…”It shall come to pass, IF you hear it intelligently, be obedient to, declare wholly, completely, far, fast, louder and louder what God has said, to observe and to do all His commandments, THEN all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you”.(Deut. 28: 1-6)
Let’s think, talk and walk reflecting glory back to God this week…
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
