[This reflection was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 04/July/2021]
Have you ever had a situation in your life that caused you not to flourish?
As a child growing up my parents stopped me from doing certain things that I know prevented me from being bolder for the rest of my life in certain areas.
Circumstances we find ourselves in and the people around us can dictate what we should or shouldn’t do and because of social etiquette we hold back and deeply regret it afterwards. 2 Timothy 1 v7 says: “for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind”.
I often wonder what church would be like if we obeyed the promptings of the Holy Spirit, but because it’s not the ‘done’ thing to speak out in church services, perhaps dance, sing in tongues or give a word of prophesy other people are stopped from being blessed.
When God has His way in a church, lives can be radically changed which will be a witness to others in our social sphere, our families and those we love and meet with on a regular basis. We then become the people that our Heavenly Father created us to be from the foundation of the world.
Over the years God has been doing a work in my life that has caused me to be bolder and able to enjoy life in a way I could never have done before.
For freedom Christ has set us free! [Galatians 5]
Here’s to a bright shiny new future, every blessing,
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