Who are you listening to

Hi there.
It's been another week, and hasn't it gone fast!!

And we had ANZAC day to shorten the week.

It might seem like I'm going around in circles today, and perhaps the blog posts seem a tad boring or same old same old.

However, and winter is coming on, and we might just feel a bit lacking in the inspiration department.
No matter how much we go to Church or read our bibles, no matter who we are listening to, we can become a bit dry.

And that's not a bad thing, it's in those moments that when we tell the truth we are free.


I pointed out in a previous post, that being a Child of God doesn't mean to go and do what we want, it doesn't mean to wrong other people just because of our ego, it doesn't mean we're above or below them when we help out our enemies.
And it's hard, because we can get caught up in ''punishing'' people just on how we treat them, but with God he says to turn the other cheek.

What happens if you hear insult after insult, to your face, what happens if enough is enough, and they don't see the pain, what if it's all a plan for them to help you survive in your work place.
They might try every trick under the sun, you might be worn down, by it, you might get to the final place that enough is enough, but you have come through more adverse times.
And it's in those times that other people see how you are treated, and other people see the truth.

The are more likely to believe in you than the other person who is nasty to you.

So how has the problem?

You can go home and forget about it, you can have friends that care and encourage you, but what if the other person has made such a trap for themselves that they can't get free?
Who's trapped?
This brings me to the post heading, because I want to encourage you, that no matter how much people want to manipulate you, or bend you, no matter if you're totally tired that you're vomiting in the toilet, it is important to keep on course.
Don't turn aside and join them, in conversations, always point out the truth, don't agree with gossip, and if you can't trust the person, you can always be trusted.

God is the author of relationships, you might, have heard the saying ''nothing said nothing gained'' but when it comes to real relationships, you can count on God that it is the right one to be in.

And you're not getting excited and you're not leading anyone down the wrong path.

So it's important to give God permission to be in control of your life, the more you listen to him the more he will rescue you out of things that are going to be harmful.

Peer pressure can also come under that, if you just look at the Bachelor program that is on TV at the moment, it's all about peer pressure.

Peer pressure to get  or do the right thing, to say the right things at the right time it's not real and it's the complete opposite of things, that God wants for us.

How many times have I not listened to God, or to my parents, because at the moment I get told I'm free, I'm 28 years old, time to leave home to fly and to do the things I want to do.

How many times my parents have come, to my rescue, and to look out for me, when things have been risky.

When other people might have seen it, i haven't.

It might, seem like we're grasping at straws or won't make it.
But we will.
Because we have the spirit of God in us.
God is with us and not against us.

And when we listen to him nothing can go wrong.

It's when we think we're right that we go out with ''his blessing'' and we find out that it's not.

That's why we need to share these things openly and honestly, with good Christian friends to pray into areas that aren't easy to pray for, areas that in our own life are no go areas.
We can't come to God on our own faith, not even our parents and that's what I've learnt.
God calls us to do amazing things, when you get that every day talk and direction from God, not just on Sundays, that when we are listening to God, not to people.
Chloe