Conviction

This morning, Lauri (a great friend and mentor) sent me today's reading from My Utmost for His Highest, and I was convicted.

We need to rely on... Jesus much deeper down than we do, to get into the habit of steadily referring everything back to Him; instead of this we make our common-sense decisions and ask God to bless them.

I was really convicted by this. I'm guilty. Especially lately. I started off the year so close to Him, and then in effort to "follow" Him, I began to charge on ahead, asking Him to follow as I ran. The results? Less than stellar. I've found myself disappointed, discontent, and apathetic. In my experience, that doesn't even closely resemble the fruit produced by following God.

I am glad for the wake-up call, and I'm ready for a change. I feel that God is on the move and I look forward to the next number of weeks and months!