Lord,
Thank you for this morning. Thank you for being patient with me as my heart learn to trust you again. Thank you for loving me so deeply and never giving up on me. Thank you because when I am afraid of giving the next step forward you find ways to inspire me, ways to encourage me and remind me that you are with me. Thank you because my heart find peace in you, thank you because I am who I am because of you love me.
I trust you, I trust you, I trust you.
In Jesus name,
Amen
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and my Savior,
I thank you for the opportunity to write this prayer, I thank you for the inspiration that your unfailing love blessed me with each and every day to write this blog. Lord as I write about how to trust in you through out the week, help my own heart to trust you more and more each day, inspire those who read this simple words to day by day trust you, your wisdom and you unfailing love. Lord, forgive me when in the turmoil that the fear within me creates I forget that you are the one in control that you are my rock and my salvation.
Hold our hand, we are your children, lead us into your love the same way you lead the birds into the sunset. May your love pour down on us, may your healing power touch every part of us and help us in releasing all that we are to you each day.
In Jesus name,
Amen
11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. 1 Peter 11
So, this morning God whisper in my heart that He wants me to write this week about how to trust Him in all circumstances. About how to trust him when we are happy and in joy and how to trust Him when things don’t work out the way we want them to. I can honestly say, that trusting God in all areas of my life has been and sometimes still is something I struggle with. In my case, each day, God ask me to release an area of my life to Him and to fully trust that He will take care of it. Sometimes that’s not easy to hear to the part of me, who always wants to be in control, the part of me that think it can do better. Somedays, releasing to God something as simple as what should I eat for breakfast can be a struggle. Other days, somehow I find the courage to release my heart fully to Him and I get to experience God’s love, embrace and the power of His grace and favor in my life. Those days, that somehow, miraculously I am able to do this I re-learn how to be compassionate with myself and others, I learn how to see the world through a different set of eyes, I remember that I am loved beyond measure. I realized that I can relax and let God lead the way.
And on days, that I find hard to release the smallest part of me to Him, I find a loving father, patiently waiting for me to be ready to do so, loving every part of who I am. I find a pair of eyes that look at me and say “I am here, I am not going anywhere, I faithfully love you and I understand you and what you are going through.”
In my life, I have trusted people and like many others been hurt, got my heart broken, held on to the pain and regret instead of forgiving and letting go. I have thought that I was trusting God but in reality I was trusting my idea of God, and idea that honestly couldn’t have been further away from the truth of who God is and what it means to fully trust Him. What I have come to understand, to know is that whether today I am ready to say God, here is my life take it and do with it as you please, or I can only say God, here is this tiny, tiny part of me that I am willing to give you today, use it for your glory. His love is never failing, He is faithful and day by day, minute by minute, moment to moment I find my heart opening more and more to a love, peace that I had completely forgotten about. To a love that I didn’t think I deserve, but somehow because God love me I do.
Angel Vazquez
Take a deep breath, exhale and say our loud:
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Take a deep breath, exhale and say our loud:
God is first in my life.
Take a deep breath, exhale and say our loud:
God loves me Unconditionally.
I consider this a extremely bold statement to say and declare. To put God first means to me that I listen to what He says, that I am obedient and committed to do as He says even if I don’t agree with Him. To put God first, means that I recognized that His wisdom is greater than mine and that I have the courage to live my life according to His ways and not my own. On days when what God puts in my heart to do it’s easy, or something I would enjoy doing, I find it very easy to obey, and follow through, I think we all can relate to that.
But on days that my flesh is saying No way, I can’t do that, I don’t know how to, it’s going to hurt so much, if I do what you are asking me to do. As hard as it sounds, sometimes God is going to ask us to do things that will feels impossible to do. But even in those moments if we try, if we press forward trusting God and do as He wants us to do, will find out that God will give us the grace and strength to do it. God is never going to ask you to do something and not give you the favor, grace and whatever else you need to do it. Remember God is for you.
Let me give you an example from my personal life; about two years or so I was dating someone. And I clearly heard in my heart God voice saying to me this relationship is not good for you, it’s not the relationship I have planned for you. I need you to trust me and end this relationship before both of you get hurt. Trust me when I say, I did my best to persuade God to change His mind, but He didn’t. I follow through over the phone and said to my boyfriend at the time what God had put in my heart. He understood and said to me that He doesn’t want to do anything that would hurt me or him, or God stand in between God and my relationship with Him. The following day, we met for coffee, when I looked in his eyes, I saw he was hurting because he did not wanted us to end and neither did I. I ccan hornt see why that was needed or why we couldn’t be.
So, I started to feel like I was hurting him, I let the fear of hurting my ex become stronger and louder than God’s voice. So, instead of ending the relationship like God had advice me to do, I said “will figure it out” Needless to say a few months went by and we broke up, it was the most painful experience I had ever had with someone I so deeply care for once. We hurt each other so deeply and couldn’t turn back time. God tried to saved us from having to go through that painful moment. God warned us, it didn’t make sense to my mind or to my feelings or to my ex back then, but in the end if I would have obey God, I would have saved myself the painful months I had to go through after we broke up, I could have kept both of us from hurting.
Let me be clear, I am not saying that God punished me or my ex for not being obedient. I am saying that God saw before hand the direction our relationship was going. He knew that there were very painful moments ahead of us that could be avoided. As a loving Father, God tried to saved us from the pain by giving me guidance, but God also knew that this wa a decision I had to make, not something He could force on me. The same way that it was God choice to warned me and to give us the grace we needed to go through the painful experience of braking up once we did. God was for us when He took the time to warned us, God was for us even when I said “will figure it out”, and God was for us while we were healing from our break up and the sadness and pain that came to us when we didnt obey.
Angel Vazquez
This year instead of having resolutions I am setting goals and also making time to sit down and hold myself accountable for those goals and to check on my progress periodically. This year different than other years, I don’t want to only accomplished a set of goals, I want to grow spiritually, mentally and physically with my accomplishments. I want to take the time to make sure that whatever I am doing is in alignment with my life purposes and that whatever is it that I am doing is something that I truly love and a true expression of who I am at my core.
I want to invest in myself and my dreams and follow my heart wherever it leads me. I want to build a life that is more than I ever dreamed of or ever thought I could have. I want Jesus to be my North Star and my guide in every step I give forward. This year I have no time to hold grudges against anyone or to carry old resentments. I only have time to live fearlessly loving, shinning my light and allowing others to do the same at their own pace.
Angel Vazquez
Spiritual Teacher & Musician
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.” Psalm 37:4
We all want our life to be anointed, we all want whatever we do to be blessed by God. We all want our every step to bring us into the land of milk and honey that God promised to us through His word. We all want to live the good life, a life free from stress, free from worry. As the scripture above says we must delight ourselves in our relationship with God, first and foremost. We must delight ourselves in having God in our life before we can enjoy the benefits of His kingdom. We must seek God and a deep relationship with Him before we receive any of His blessings in our life.
As they say we must seek God presence not His presents in our life and then He will give us the true desires of our heart. Only then He will have our permission, given to Him by our free will to blessed us and manifest His promises in our life every step we give. In my life having a relationship with God have become my one and only goal. I cannot tell you how many troubles have flee from my life because of this. How many blessings, spiritual and physical ones have come into my personal sky. And how many of these blessings allow me to share His grace and love with all of those around me.
I used to seek God’s blessings and the second something went down south I would blame God for my fall. When in reality all I was doing was giving God a plan or a list of things to give me and how to give them to me, instead of seeking Him for who He is and not for what He can do for me.
Ask yourself;
Am I seeking God for what He can do for me or because I love him and want a meaningful relationship with him?
Am I seeking God when I need something or every moment of every day?
Am I surrendering my life to His love for me and letting Him manifest through me and for me or am I looking to use Him to bring my plans forward?
I believe that as you ask these three questions to yourself and write down the answers you received your relationship with God will be strengthen and you will see not only what you want manifest but even things that you never dream of will come to pass. Seek God, seek Him even if He nevera give you what you want and I promise you will be blessed beyond measure.
Angel Vazquez
Spiritual Teacher & Musician
I would like to say that waiting on God, for God’s timing is an easy thing to do. But we can all agree that at times it could be difficult and sometimes it may seem impossible to do so. We live in a world in which everything needs to happen right now. We want our breakthrough right now, we want our answers right now, we want our blessings right now. And we want it our way or no way. It takes a courageous heart, a strong mind and complete trust in God and His plan for us to say “God I trust you, I may no see it yet, but I know your way is better than mine. I will wait for you and on you. And even if I never get what I want, I will rejoice in you and in your presence”
How do we get to a place in our life in which we can say this and actually act on it? We continue putting one foot in front of the other. We confess our fears and concerns to God. We do like the apostles before us did, we surrender ourselves to God’s wisdom and recognized that He is God. We admit to ourselves that God is in charge and realized that He is always giving us what we need and and even more than what we want. God answers never come when our ego wants them but for sure they come exactly when we are ready for the and exactly when we need them. It takes a great deal of courage to surrender ourselves to this truth and to walk in our life knowing that this is our truth.
I want to encourage you to pray this prayer with me right now;
Lord,
You have given me a spirit of courage and I want to release the gift of courage that you have given me everywhere I go and through everything I do. Lead me, hold me, carry me, show me how to walk and live my life courageously as Jesus did, trusting you and your wisdom fully.
In Jesus name,
Amen.
I really enjoy quiet calm mornings, they take the prize with me since I am always on the go. I think that even when I am sleeping I am going somewhere. Calm, quiet, easy mornings remind of me of Heaven all day. Reminds me of what our life used to be before we grew up and started choosing to give up our inner peace to everyone and everything that came our way. Mornings like this one, so sublime, so blissful remind me of my true nature and of who I am at my core. Mornings like this one, whisper nudges of truth, passion and love in my heart.
This is how I know in my heart God intended our life to be. A life filled with peace, joy, love and sense of knowing who we are in Him. I think the Garden of Eden is glorious, peaceful place. A place where you and I are brothers and sisters. A place that we do not have to wait to die to get in. I think that glorious place call, The Garden of Eden is within us and it is waiting for us to call it into reality so our life, everybody’s life is restored to the original plan that God had and still have for us.
Every time we meditate, every time we surrender our fears to the light. Every time we let go of our need to be right, every time we give up on our need to win so someone else can loose. Every time we choose light, truth, love and kindness above all, we choose, we call upon the original blueprint of our life to come forward and to manifest.
Angel Vazquez
Spiritual Teacher & Musician
God has given all of a role, a part in His story line. God has cast each an everyone of us in a unique role that no one else can play better than us. Our job is not only to play that role but to also share what we learned and the inside that we received from God and his angels. I friendly believe that God speak to us daily, that He is guiding us and giving us the grace to do what we must do day in and day out. You see, my testimony and your testimony is not merely what we see, or how we see the world or what we do or not do. Our testimony is everything we are, everything we say and every step we give forward.
Our testimony may not define who we are but it should define love, it should explain compassion and it should spell out kindness and hope. Our testimony may not save us from having life happen to us every now and then but it should declare that God is in charge of our life and that what we choose in alliance with God, what Jesus anointed and blessed in our life is to benefit ourselves and those around us. What we do, say, the way we act does not have to be perfect in other eyes or even on our own but is should looks like trust, it should look like courage, it should look empowering and it should really, really looks, feel, breath in like truth.
Angel Vazquez
Spiritual Teacher & Musician
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