Until we trust God enough to take blind steps of faith, we haven't exercised faith at all. But, instead of taking those steps, when miracles don't happen, we blame God by saying He's changed.

Our works don't prove our faith. Our works of faith prove our faith, "Uh-huh! Amen! Right on! Hallelujah! Preach it brother!"

When God speaks to you, try taking spiritual risks. Otherwise, you may never know what you are missing.

© by Joyce C. Lock http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.

The point I'm trying to make is; we are ones that make our lives complicated and difficult. Life was never meant to be a series of disappointments followed by death. We are just not using tools we have been given to live it efficiently.

The hardest problems I've ever solved in my life were ones that I just jumped right on top of and showed it who was boss. I may have solved it, but, I knew I had been in a fight with Magilla Gorilla when it was over.

Give It A Rest!

The easiest problems I've ever solved in my life were one's that I took time to listen to my spirit and see what he might have to say about it. A word of caution! You can't listen effectively to your spirit while watching Texas Chain Saw Massacre! Sorry, but he wants some quiet in room!

Now I'm not trying to tell you that you need to spend ten hours a day listening to your spirit and trying to find out what he has to say about any problem you may be facing. Your spirit's got more sense than that. He's no dummy and realizes you have to make decisions.

What your spirit wants from you is a little respect and recognition. He wants you to run to him for answers instead of running headlong into a brick wall and wind up chasing your tail in every direction. You ever seen a dog chasing his tail? Going in circles and not getting anywhere! How dumb can you get?

Learning how to listen to your spirit only takes a few minutes a day. Daily practice of quiet time and listening will bring great rewards. The more you do it, more you will be able to discern good information from "noise" in your mind which is just chatter.

Deep in your spirit is answer for every problem life can throw at you. But, your spirit has some rules and you have to follow them. They're not hard. As we said, living was not designed to be hard; we are ones that make it hard.

The Two Commandments!

Rule number one: recognize that quiet time, listening to your spirit, is crucial for your problem solving ability. Rule number two: develop a little humility when answer comes. And, when you solve it, don't be too quick to hog all credit. A little humility won't hurt you.

Let me give you an illustration: Find a quiet place, sitting in a comfortable chair, with good posture, close your eyes and blank everything out of your mind.

As you remain quiet thoughts and ideas will come to you. Some will be noise and chatter; some will be worth listening to for more information. The longer you do it, more efficient you'll become at listening.

Last But Not Least!

Finally, when most plausible answer comes, one you feel has best chance of working, get up and go "act". But, you didn't need me to tell you that. Most of us are pretty good at burning candle at both ends. But, "listening to our spirit", tends to get our knickers all in a twist.

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