Keeping it Real (baring it all)

I have had a really hard time in my relationship with the Lord, as He continues to peel away the layers. One of those seasons where I am doing good to muster a mere “Jesus help me” phrase. Have you ever been there? It’s not a very peaceful place to be, is it? Well, I have been begging Him to rescue me from this dry season and last week during the message at church, He did.

Our pastor has been preaching on “getting our spiritual momentum back” and the very first bullet point hit me right between the eyes. (no pun intended…wink) He said, “The first step in getting your momentum back is… GO TO GOD”. Sounds great, right? However, what he said next was my moment…..he said, “it’s hard to go to God when you are blaming him for your situation” WOW! Let’s sit here for a minute……we may not outright blame him, as Pastor was saying, it’s a heart thing….we may not come out and recognize or readily admit that we blame God for our situation, circumstances, relationships or lack of, etc. But I had to go home and get real and admit where I was in my heart.

My prayer went something like this, “Lord, I have been blaming you, I am angry with you, you could change this season (circumstance, situation, relationship, etc) I am in and I don’t see you moving…….where are you God? I thought you said you would never leave me, well I feel pretty alone right now!!” “So there, I said it, I bared it all and I don’t know what to do with it, but your word says that if I will confess it, you will do the rest….so that’s all I have” If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

And you know what friend?? That’s all He needs to work with, is our honesty and confession. We can’t get healing on things we aren’t willing to be real about. Nothing can come from keeping things buried and denied. So who or what are you blaming today for your situation, relationship, circumstance? Get real and bare it all before the Lord, He is faithful to handle it from there. I am not out of the dry spell yet, but with each day as I simply learn to acknowledge where I am and by faith, give it back to Him…..I know I will get back my momentum and no things may not get better, but my perspective sure will.