Christmas Magic

I'd like to focus today's post on what originally motivated me to start this blog in the first place. The concept of living "unfiltered" for God. This idea that we constantly stay in tune with what God is speaking to us through the Holy Spirit and what we are supposed to do with that information. Often, the situation occurs when we feel this prompting to do something - that me be a bit out if our comfort zone - and we have to decide whether to be obedient to that voice, or not.

The words of Jesus that have become the guiding verse for all of this to me are recorded in Luke:

“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (Luke 11:28)

Jesus says tells us, if we do what God says, we will be blessed. Of course, we have to hear what He is saying first, which implies that we have to be listening. Sometimes we hear Him during times of prayer, other times thoughts just "pop in our heads". Regardless of how He speaks to us, we need to be willing to act upon what we hear.

I really want to encourage you to be willing to act on those things that you know God is asking you to do. Especially, those things that are outside of your comfort zone. A friend of mine drew something on my whiteboard at work earlier this week. It was something that someone had shared with her a while back. She drew a circle and inside wrote "your comfort zone". Then she drew a point, far away from the circle and wrote next to it, "where the magic happens". I think this captures what Jesus was trying to tell us perfectly. When we trust Him completely and get ourselves into situations that He has led us to, knowing that in our own strength we wouldn't be there, He will bless us for that obedience. 

So as we continue through this holiday season, be especially tuned in to what God might be asking you to do. We often hear the expression "Christmas magic" for the special things that tend to happen around Christmas. Maybe God is looking to you to help create some of that "magic" for someone else this year. Or maybe, by getting out of your comfort zone you will be the one to experience this "magic" as God blesses you for your obedience to, and your trust in, Him.

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