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>Good morning again! I am in Exodus chapter ten this >morning. The first two verses have my attention. >Let's look and see. >Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I >have hardened his heart and the hearts of his >officials SO THAT I may perform these miraculous signs >of MINE among them THAT you may tell your children and >grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians >and how I performed MY signs among them, AND THAT YOU >MAY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD. >I have mulled this verse over in my mind many times. >In fact, I have gone over similar verses in my mind >and wondered and questioned and have said, "FATHER, >why would YOU cause his heart to be hard? I don't >understand why YOU would do that?" I also don't think >that it is unreasonable for me to go to HIM with that >on my heart. This morning as I have read through this >chapter and have prayed and have asked the FATHER to >speak HIS WORD into my life HE has reminded me of >something very important in my life. GOD allows >things and YES, even does some things SO THAT WE WILL >KNOW WHO HE IS. Allow me this morning to remind you >that GOD IS SOVEREIGN. HE has supreme authority over >EVERYTHING. HE is not shocked or taken aback by the >situations in our lives. I recall the time period >when it became very clear to me that GOD IS GOD and I >AM NOT. Does that sound a little bit ridiculous to >you this morning? Are you sitting at your computer >saying in your heart, "O come on, Vicky...surely you >did think that you are GOD?" Let's talk about that >for just a minute. >I would never have told you that I believed I was GOD, >but I sure did live like it. How about you? Do you >do things in your day to day existence that suggest >that you believe that you are GOD? I did...I did it >all the time. I assumed that I was in charge of my >life and I could do what I wanted when I wanted. If I >decided I was done doing this life then I could >attempt to end it. If I was angry about a situation >then I could do whatever I thought needed to be done >in order to manipulate the circumstances and "make" >things what I thought they should be. I clearly >remember coming to the place where I said, "OK GOD...I >AM NOT YOU!" I think HE must have smiled and said, >"NOW that we have that established, let's learn to >walk with ME!" >You see, I had to come to the place in my life where I >realized that while GOD had given me this life, and HE >surely gave me a will and the ability to make choices >for myself, I had to learn to make choices that HE >would have me make. It goes all the way back to the >garden with Adam and Eve. GOD gave them life, and HE >gave them some simple rules to follow, and HE GAVE >THEM CHOICES TO MAKE. They chose to go their own way. > I have too many times chosen to go my own way. >Pharaoh was choosing HIS OWN WAY. GOD said, I WILL DO >WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET YOU TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT >GOD...THAT IS MY JOB. >I believe that if everything were always easy, we >would not realize HOW MUCH WE NEED HIM. I believe >that HE allows us to go through difficulty to keep us >aware that HE IS THE OUR SUSTAINER. I wonder this >morning if you have come to the place where you >realize that you are not GOD. >You see, we want to be IN CONTROL of everything in our >lives. I believe this is especially true in the lives >of people who have been hurt along the way. We build >walls, and we construct large buildings around our >lives in order to control the things that happen to >us. We really don't have that much control...we just >THINK that we do. >So, what is my point this morning? The FATHER has >said to my heart even as I have been typing, "Vick, >when you realize that I AM GOD and you are not, then >you will have a better perspective on the struggles >that you face today." I needed to hear that this >morning. You see, I want to control everything in my >life. Even now, my heart hears HIM saying, "Just bow >and submit your heart to ME, Vicky. While the road >may seem difficult, IT IS NOT TOO HARD FOR ME." > >FATHER, may we each come to the place where we are >willingly submitting our hearts to YOU moment by >moment. May we come to the place in our lives where >we realize IT REALLY IS NOT ABOUT US...it is all about >YOU. O GOD, may I learn to simply bow my heart and my >head and submit my heart to what YOU are allowing at >this time in my life. May I remember that YOU ARE >GOD....YOU have not missed one detail and YOU ARE IN >CONTROL. Thank you that YOU work in my life to teach >me WHO YOU ARE. Thank you for allowing us to SEE YOU >AS YOU ARE. Thank you for allowing difficulty to mold >our hearts and to shape us into the women that YOU >created us to be. O GOD, make us all that you intend >for us to be. >In the MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS...AMEN! > >Y'all have a wonderful day and remember: whatever you >are facing today, HE IS GOD. > >IN HIS GRIP- >Vicky

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