June'07

June Is Busting Out All Over

June 2007 Devotion

June is busting out all over ... all over the meadows and the hills ... my eyes constantly are witnessing the new birth of flowers, trees, animals, and people. But this new birth fades away through the hot summer days and nights. We are worn down by the piercing heat, we are weakened by the constant need for a refreshing breeze to cool our brow, and most of all we hope the summer ends and the beauty of fall comes to us.

Psalm 107:1,2"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,"

Life in Jesus Christ is the same ... we are first born anew in which we are refreshed, renewed, re strengthened, and absolutely sold out for Jesus ... Then comes our first test ... did I really experience this new season in my life with Jesus Christ? The Lord carries us through our first testing and we begin our journey to walk closer to Him and trusting Him in our daily lives. But as life and seasons come and go we start to get into comfort zone mode and we lose that freshness that came when we first became God's child ... is this the common dilemma? It can become one if we focus on self and not what Jesus Christ has done for us ...

Psalm 107:4,5 "They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them."

We need and crave our daily bread and in that we are refreshed daily ... but in our human existence life has a tendency to crowd our time and we shy away slowly from that wonderful intimate relationship with our Lord. Now here is the dilemma? We want to do the things in our season of new birth but something in us pulls us in all directions ... so what must we do to avoid this tension within?

Psalm 107:67 "Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city for a dwelling place."

Do I go back and look at what God is doing and has done? Do I enter into His Holy of Holies? What in me can be given to God to where my season of rejoicing will return?

Psalm 107:8 "O that men would give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!"

Well, it all begins with that intimate prayer and speaking to Him ... Lord I have this problem with self? My heart, mind, and body is dry and arid ... I am alone and fell alone again ... Help me, for I am unclean in this state and I will whither away unless you come to me and restore me to when I first was born in you ... Lord, I chose this season and realize you didn't do this to me ... it is my lack of depending on you that has me in this state of wandering in the desert. So Lord I ask thee to unbind and water my heart so that I can experience a new spring of living waters.

Psalm 107:9,33,35 "For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness. He turns rivers into the wilderness, And the water springs into dry ground, He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into water springs."

God tells us to be not drunk with wine: "But be ye filled with His Spirit." Paraphrased by Mammy from Ephesians 5:18

WOW! So when we are parched and dry and dying on the vine of life ... drink of Him and be ye filled fresh and anew ...

June is bursting out all over ... all over the meadows and the hills ... and God's children are singing and rejoicing for their day has come to be renewed, restored, and refreshed ...

Yes, June is a wonderful month of resting in our Lord for starting fresh and new. How will you enjoy your June in the Lord? What steps will you take to frolic in the fields of mercy and run the race of grace, and lay in the fields of green grass? Today, I choose to turn to Him and be dependent on Jesus Christ and His race He has set before me ...

How about you?