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There is an important distinction between conviction and shame. Everything that the LORD does towards us, is designed to rebuild the ancient ruins within us. The relationship that we can have, is often, not what it could have been, because we do not properly understand.

We become aligned, when we come humbly to the LORD, knowing that it is His right to shape us, and use us as He sees fit. This is a surrendered heart, that is required. In our mixed-up lives, the LORD desires to step into them, and not only help to clean us up, but to transform the way we think.

When we are given insight, into things that we do not have a comprehension of, and it is for our well being, why then do we not listen? It is not that we do not hear, for we do. It is that we make a decision at the moment of hearing.

Our Identity ...

We were created with an Identity, that the world and the enemy, will never be able to create anything like it. Here is the very thing that will either establish us, or destroy us. We will either find it, or walk through life aimlessly searching for it. One brings rest and peace to our souls, the other war, and an internal conflict.

I honestly do not know anyone who loves pain, when it is inflicted upon them. So, why then does it require pain, for us to see growth? Why is there gain because of it, and why, instead of relieving us from it, we are called to endure through it?

Navigation ... the one thing that kills the vision that the LORD wants to impart into our hearts, is a heart that has remained contaminated. When we squander our time, with the things of this world, we allow the distractions of it, to choke out the life that we were called to walk into.

Heart Posture ...

How we position our hearts before the LORD matters greatly. Yet we go through life not really understanding, just what it means to come to the LORD. When we come, what is the intention of our hearts?

There is nothing more powerful than the one who knows who he or she is. They are no longer driven by the forces that brings destruction. You see, you will either be driven by the world and its ways, or you will be led by the Spirit of God.

Only when we align ourselves to the right path, can we then begin to gain understanding as to the path, and the destination we are heading towards.

When things reach an intolerable level, God uses thesemoments to push us forward out of our lack of concern, where we have tolerated the enemy and its strongholds. Where we have allowed compromise to hold usback.