Willing.....?

Psalm 51:10-13
Amplified Bible (AMP)

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10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You.

Some time back as I was reading these verses from the Psalm God showed me the way He wanted me to be effective in sharing Jesus Christ with all I come across.

10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.
Verse 10 first talks about the condition of my heart my spirit and talks about a complete renewal.
Renew means
To make new or as if new again; restore:
To take up again; resume: renew an old friendship;
To repeat so as to reaffirm: renew a promise.
To regain or restore the physical or mental vigor of; revive:
To arrange for the extension of: renew a contract;
To replenish:
To bring into being again; re-establish.
To become new again.
To start over.

Verse 11-12 talks about being in his presence covered by the Holy Spirit knowing more about Him seeking his face continuously and the joy of our salvation becoming more real than anything else in our life being the centre point in our life only by being willing to His calling being sensitive to His voice.
Notice that this is a prayer and is all dependant upon God for Him not to take His presence away.This has to be a willing,repentant and submitting cry.

Verse 13
13Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You
Then and only when your life is totally turned to God can we lead others to Christ.
Remember the bible says they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.
We can do nothing apart from Jesus Christ.We can only bear fruit when we are one with Jesus Christ.
John 15:4-5 (AMP)
4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.
5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.

Sometimes the only bible that a person might ever read could just happen to be your life and your relationship with God.

Psalm 139:23-24 (Amplified Bible)
Amplified Bible (AMP)
23Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
24And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Jesus take my wheel

On a recent trip to be with some friends and to make some new friends,on our way back as we were driving,our vehicle's brakes failed completely and at that time we were coming downhill on a ghat.I was driving and I was trying to slow down but I couldn't,I did not realize the gravity of the situation even though gravity was against us.It was only when we came to flat ground on the highway I realized that"the brakes had failed!"
I remembered the prayer that our Pastor had prayed before we had embarked on our journey and had asked God to guide us as we drive and to take over the steering wheel.He did take the wheel;Jesus did take the wheel.
Earlier during that week as we were talking with a family at whose place we had been staying we were talking about how God puts people at places to help us.It is true, as the place where we stopped finally after the brakes went off people we didn't know just came and started helping us and repairing the vehicle and in no time we were back on the road going home.
Psalm 34:7
"The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers" (AMP)
To the God of Abraham,Issac and Joseph the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be the Glory forever and ever.

Gods purpose

Romans 8:28 NIV
And we know that in all things God works for those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.

Ever wonder why something that you didnt want to happen did happen or something that you wanted to happen to accomplish your will did not work out as you planned.
I always do keep wondering that;almost everyday at work, at home, with family, with friends. Are we so sure that what we want or what we need to be done will work out for our good, well this is addressed to those who trust in Christ our Lord.
Its so easy to start raving and ranting and start complaining when things dont go according to our purpose,thats what I sometimes do.
Its so easy to lose yourself in complains...until you look at the Word of God.
Romans 8:28 puts it a way that shows me the situation from God's perspective.
No matter what we go through good or bad, in all things,it will work out for my good because I love God and have been called according to his purpose.
So from God perspective it will work out for my good.There are some conditions though that I must love God and be called according to his purpose.

Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.

Psalm 119:27
Let me understand the teachings of your precepts ;
then I will meditate on your wonders.

Create in me a steadfast heart O God.