glory

There is so much swirling in my head... so many things I need to prepare for and yet I can't quite figure in all the swirling what is for what.

But I am excited - I feel God moving. I see Him moving. And I feel blessed to even get to be a small part of what He is doing around me.

My prayers have been earnest lately. I really want to love on my kids and shine the light of Jesus to them. I want the fruit of the Spirit to actually be evident in my life. I am tired of the fleshly, ugly version of myself getting the most play.

What does it mean to walk in the Spirit? What does it look like to live a supernaturally infused life?

I have a friend who is not a believer. She is one of the nicest people I know. She is way nicer than me. She knows everyone, loves to serve and help people. She is a hard worker. She stays at home with her kids wanting to serve them and her family. Her life could look like the good life of a Christian. She would even claim that she is. She isn't though. She does not have the Spirit of God living in her.

I do have the Spirit living in me ... but would many people be able to tell? Can she tell? Does she see a difference in her choices and mine? Does my life look and feel like the Spirit is leading me?

It's hard to know.

I want my life to be different. I want to be totally yielded to the Lord. I want the Spirit filling my thoughts, my life, my face, my body, my everything! I want the Spirit flowing out of me like streams of living water - I want my life to be like life to others - because they so sense the glory of the Lord in me. Glorify Yourself in me, Lord.

John 17: 22-26
“I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!

“O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”