Elohim Chayim, The Living God

Day 13.

Elohim Chayim, The Living God.

There is a certain level of confidence that manifests itself in me, knowing that God is a living God. He is with me. He goes where I go. He sees what I see and He watches how I handle life's situations. My behaviors matter!

I can't do everything everyone else does. I can't go where everyone else goes. I can't participate in everything others are doing, because I have to be respectful of the calling, the anointing, and the witness on my life. I can't bar hop and go out and get drunk because I know that my life is not my own and God will not be pleased with me doing that.

I noticed I've become somewhat of a homebody. I enjoy being home, protected from the foolishness of the world. I am my strongest when I am at home. I have the power of rejecting anything that I feel does not belong in my home. I can control my intake! I can control what I am exposed to and the influences I allow around me.

Although, my life seems to be very well controlled inside the house. I know that what truly matters to God is how I carry myself outside of the house. When you are to be used by God you have to leave your house! The world needs you! The world needs me! I have to tell myself this anytime I'm invited somewhere outside of the house. For about 2 years I did nothing with anyone except for family and those who knew the calling on my life and respected what I had going on. For 2 years I shut out anyone who didn't act like me, think like me, have a relationship with God like me, etc. I only made time for like minded people. For people who knew we couldn't live like everyone else. And I was fine with that. For 2 years I had peace. I had an easy life! No distractions, no ill influences, no temptations, but I knew that's not How I was supposed to be living.

My life is not my own! I began to understand how much my life was not my own when my inboxed began to be overflowing with prayer requests. When people I had no close relationship with started to reach out to me for advice on how to handle life's situations. I was so use to living for myself and living this completely protected life that when the messages would come I'd be easily overwhelmed. I never ignored or turned away anyone's messages. I understand that God has allowed me to go through what I've gone through to be a living testament of His Glory and His Grace, so I will never reject my ministry. However, I found myself wondering, why me?

Why when I get my life in order and I have complete and total peace, why do people feel they can bring their problems to me -I'm not God! I regret ever thinking that thought. I regret ever being that selfish. I was in a place where I wasn't mature enough to understand how much God trusted me with His people. My failure to understand that He was positioning me for my next level caused me to miss out on the opportunity to continue to be used by God.

My immaturity convinced me that I should stop posting on social media. Every morning I would post my daily readings. I would post about things I had been going through and encouraging people to overcome difficult situations. I posted about love and loving yourself. I posted every single day like clock work, so I can make sure that I stayed on task and disciplined in the things of God because I knew if I made a public notice of it I would have to stick with it! That worked for me. You know how some people wake up and the first thing they do is have their coffee and fix their breakfast. Well my devotions were my coffee and the word of God is my breakfast.

Eventually, I stopped posting just for me. One day while in my studying and worship hours God revealed to me that His people were hurting and they needed to read what I had to say. My posts where then no longer posted for me to stay on track, but now they were posted for Gods people. My audience grew and again so did my direct messages. Selfish and immature Chelsie felt she wasn't ready for this. It was all too much. Immature Chelsie felt like she needed to be "Perfect Patty" to be used by God. I would psyche myself out of it. I would say you don't do everything right you make mistakes so how can you minister to these people, you're a hypocrite!

Slowly, I stopped posting. I sat back and watched people hurt! I do check random checks on my followers who were always there for my posts. I start random conversations with them just to see how they're doing and I see what they put online. I noticed my followers were unfollowing and I noticed I was beginning to shut out Gods voice. I became so self absorbed and overwhelmed that I aborted my mi is try outlet.

What if God did that to me? Do you ever think about the things you're doing and realize the positive effect your influence has on Gods people? Do you ever notice that when people begin to hang around you they start to act like you? Your slang becomes their slang. Your hobbies become their interests, just because they see light in you and want to become more like you. That's how I feel about God. That's why I choose to live the way I live and I work on changing the bad habits I've picked up from stepping outside of His will for my life.

I now understand that God is the true and living God! He is always there beside us. He is always positioning Himself to be where we need Him to be at any given moment. He positions us to be vessels used by Him to be a physical representation of Him. His light shines through us, but only if we respect and obey the calling on our lives. Your life affects your witness to people. My life is not perfect, but it's because of my imperfections and my scars that I am able to magnify Gods works! I am proof that He is the living God! He changed my life around. He guides me and leads me on the path that I should go.

Today I encourage you to recognize that God is the Living God! He positions us all to reap the full manifestation of His Grace! I encourage you to be mindful of your hearts posture and bind any thought that persuades you into believing you aren't good enough, saved enough, or perfect enough to be used by God. Remember that every negative thing that happens to you is not always a result of the devil, sometimes you can be your own worse enemy. Acknowledge Gods presence in your life and live in a way that He will always be respected and magnified for the change that's resides in you!

Elohim Chayim, The Living God!

“Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out from before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.”

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭3:10‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Love,

ChelCy

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