Theme of the month: LIVE HAPPY... TODAY

DAY 3: LIVE HAPPY TODAY... WITHOUT BLOCKAGES IN YOUR LIFE

By Benescke Janse van Rensburg

I was excited to upgrade to a new phone when my cell phone contract ended. For weeks I compared phones until I finally decided on a phone which takes quality video clips and pictures.

Excited, I went home with my new phone with the promise that it would be activated by the next morning. Early the next morning, I took my first picture. To my shock, the quality was poor and blurry. And when the first call came through, I could hardly hear the person on the other side of the phone. I was very disappointed. Something major was wrong.

Later that day, to my shock and utter embarrassment, I discovered that I placed the phone in the protective holder I bought the day before, but completely forgotten to remove the protective plastic around the phone – covering the camera and receiver! Needless to say, after the removal, I suddenly could hear the caller clearly and the picture’s quality was excellent.

Do you realize that we too sometimes struggle to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice or have a blurry perspective on life due to blockages in our lives? A blockage occurs in various forms. It can be an offensive attitude towards a friend who hurt you, anger or jealousy towards a colleague at work, bitterness or an unforgiving attitude towards a loved one or even disappointment with God if He did not answer your prayers in the way you expected Him to answer it.

Listen to Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:23-24: “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift." Also in Psalm 139:23-24, the Psalmist wrote: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to continually lead us to remove the “plastic” in our lives so we can hear his voice clearly and see life with a new perspective. God bless.

Father God, thank you that I can come to your throne today with boldness. Please show me though your Holy Spirit if there are areas in my life which I need to sort out, so I can clearly hear your voice again. I ask this in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

** Benescke Janse van Rensburg is ’n radio-omroeper, motiveringspreker en skrywer. Haar boeke: Ontdek God in die stories van mense, Wysheid-oordenkings uit Spreuke en Hoop in tye van nood-oordenkings uit Psalms.