blog 6: can’t give what you don’t have
“Leila, I physically cannot give it to you.”
I told my oldest daughter as she pushed out tears from her eyes. All this because she wanted pizza for lunch, haha. Don’t feel bad she had a lot of options quesadilla, PB&J, mac n cheese and the list goes on. But sadly ..no pizza. I could not give her what I did not have. Literally!.. I could not poof it into thin air.
I remember reading a specific portion of scripture when i was newly saved it was the two greatest commandments.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul. Second love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22: 37-39
I remember crying out to God, “But Lord, I don’t love myself! I hate who I am”. How was i suppose to give love when I didn’t have it in me? Its impossible!!! I could not give what I didn’t have.
Maybe you find yourself there. Unable to love yourself so you can’t give it . Or maybe forgiveness isn’t in you so it’s very hard to forgive even the smallest things. Could it be patience? Gentleness? what about joy? GIVE JOY? YESS!!
Maybe you lack joy and everything you see and speak is negative? Its hard for you to see the silver lining . You cannot give what you do not have. Joy is something the enemy is after. It trips me out that while David cried out to God to restore his salvation, he added to restore his _____ ? do you know?
his peace? his strength ? NO it was his joy! Psalm 51:12
The enemy and this world want nothing less then to rob you of all these things. So now the question is , how do we get them? How do we get these things in us?
I am no scholar, theologian or counselor but what I DO know is Jesus CAN fill you with these things, not only for yourself BUT for others!
Have you ever walked away from a decisions like “UGH why did I do that again? Or walked away from a conversations acting the same way , getting the same results.
IDK about you BUT IM TIRED OF BEING THE SAME!
I was getting really frustrated and angry at the same stuff. I had to step back and look at me and ask WHY?
I didn’t have IT in me.
Jesus desires to go into those places no one knows about, the hard stuff…the places you’ve put a wall around, chained up locked and thrown away the key THOSE places. You know what i’m talking about. It reminds me of surgery , its painful, it takes some time, but let me tell you friend there is so much freedom! You were never meant to stay the same after saying YES to Jesus.
So what is it today that you find yourself not being able to give? Could it be that its just not in you? You can’t give what you don’t have.
John 15:5 reads “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do NOTHING”
the answer is Jesus. cliché answer? SORRY! lol this isn’t a self help thing . This is a ONLY BY HIS SPIRIT THING!!!
The more we purse Him, the more we ALLOW Him to go into those places the more we will start to see the change…the transformation . It’s a choice my friend.
Ya gotta open the door and talk to Him. He’s standing at the door and knocking. Just let HIM IN and talk with Him. Revelations 3:20
Today I pray we would truly ask God to change us. To fill us with the things we lack so that we can GIVE.
Lets not stay stuck in a place where we cannot give because we do not have.
I would like to end this blog with a prayer:
Heavenly Father I thank you that you love us so much, that you don’t want us to stay the same. You desire to see us made well, made new , made whole. I ask Lord that whoever reads this would ask You to reveal those places they need a surgery in, I pray they wouldn’t be afraid to go there because they are in the BEST hands. You are so gracious and kind to us Lord. Thank you! Thank you for your love and kindness. Put that hunger in us that we would desire to be made whole , we would desire to be better, we would desire to read your word and grow! We love You! We praise You . In Jesus name, AMEN!
Thank you again friends for taking time to read,
ONE LOVE
