This post has been long overdue! I seriously cannot believe how long it has been since I started this blog...almost 1 year! I started this blog with the intention on posting at least once a week, but as we all know life happens, then the projects that we start in what we call our "spare time" take a hit. The thing is that I am just now realizing that I have no "spare time." When I went and laid before God and said "Lord, I give it ALL to you," that included my time, and I believe that many of us fail to realize that. When we truly surrender ourselves to God, we are saying "Lord, everything I have is yours...teach me to be a good steward of what you have entrusted me with...including my time."
I have to admit that I have been disobedient in this area of my life, and I don't believe that I am the only one out there who has been. When God places something on our hearts to do, its our job to do. Yes, it may be time consuming, it may be hard, you may not want to do it, and take more work and thought that you bargained for, but whatever God places on your heart to do, is now your ministry. This blog, is part of my ministry, and I have neglected it. THAT ENDS NOW!
I love the story of Jonah, it really forces to look at myself and consider how my obedience or disobedience effects others. In the first chapter of the book of Jonah God commands Jonah to go and preach to the city of Nineveh. But, Jonah ran in the opposite direction of what God was telling him to do. So then, in the second chapter Jonah is swallowed up by a huge fish, and has to sit in the belly of this fish for 3 days and 3 nights because of his disobedience. During that time he calls on the name the Lord and repents for what he has done, and when he is finally released from his "distress," then in chapter three, Lord commands Jonah to do the same thing he told him to do in the first place, however, this time, Jonah actually does it, and because of his obedience the entire city of Nineveh was saved from God's wrath. Just imagine if Jonah wasn't obedient...over 100,000 people would have suffered. But because he was obedient, everyone in the city was led to fast and ask for forgiveness, and God forgave them
What are you running from that God has told you to do? Who could be suffering from your disobedience? If your like me you've already experienced your "huge fish" moment when you were swallowed up, and every part of your life seemed to crashed down and you have no choice but to repent and say "Lord, whatever you tell me to do, I'll do it" and He gives you another chance to be obedient to him. This is me, taking my chance. I refuse to let my disobedience make others suffer. (And even more so, I realize that there really isn't anything worse than being outside of the will of God.) What I didn't realize was that even though I was kinda doing what God wanted me to do, I wasn't fulling going what He wanted me to do. I felt like I was doing enough, but God called me out and pretty much said "No Adrienne, you aren't doing EVERTHING that I told you to do. You're only partly doing what I told you to do." It's time for me to surrender all I have to God, including my "spare time."
xo, Adrienne Alexis
P.S. I have so much more to share, and to update everyone of what God has been doing in my life in the past year. It truly has been the most humbling year of my life and I am so excited to share. I'm sure I can't possibly cover everything in one blog post, but I will be sharing more of what I have experienced and learned over the past year in several posts to follow as God leads me, as well as what I am still learning now. I promise to keep posting, so keep checking back!
