Pastor Rudy's HeartBeat

Family, for too long- Christians have come to God with a "What is God's will for my life?" mentality with the ends hoped for being the expectation that God will somehow be used to make our plans a reality and our agendas sucessful and our lives easier...  Unfortunately- the very foundation of that prayer is "egocentric" with the main premise being how can I use God to revolve His purposes around me?  The real question we should be asking is "What is my life for God's will?" and to be humbly prepared to apply our faith and be courageously available to come to God with our lives as nothing more than a blank sheet of paper that we are ready and willing for Him to write His dreams and His agenda and His goals upon...  This foundation is "Theocentric" and its premise is rooted and grounded in doing whatever it takes to keep our lives revolving around Him so that in His orbit we might find the direction that we were hand designed by Him for...

While being willing to offer our lives to Him in total surrender and to be completely available to do His will is almost a sure warrant for watching things go out of our control- isn't being submitted to His control what real Christianity is all about anyway?

This is why I believe God keeps stripping away all my manmade outer layers so that I may finally be "empty handed" in my posture before the Lord.  God will not pour His divine riches into hands that are consumed by earthly possessions.  As the old hymn, "Rock Of Ages" so beautifully communicates:

"Nothing in my hands I bring- simply to Your cross I cling- Naked come to You for dress- Helpless look to You for grace-Foul, I to the Fountain Fly- wash me Savior or I die..."

This is the life that God has called us to and this is the life that I must challenge all of us to expect, embrace and embark upon...

So while sticking to the status quo might be simpler- I understand clearly that to settle for anything less than God's best would be an open door to an apathetic spirit and while I sometimes cringe over what I know will be a guarantee "heart stretching" caused by what God is going to ask us to do next or the roads that He will choose to take us along- i know that there really is no abundant life and satisfaction found in any other place...

ARE YOU READY TO COME ALONG???