Dan and Deb

So, I’m at work and taking a break. We do get those here. It’s kind of nice.

I’ve been thinking a lot about where I am, what I’m doing, where I’m going. I was thinking this morning about the three years that Christ was in ministry. Then, I was reading Galatians, and thought how Paul took off for three years after his Damascus experience. There isn’t much information about this time. John MacArthur suspects that he was under the instruction of the Lord at this time. I suppose it could have been a type of “on the job training”. I think again how it’s been a little over three years since my own conversion. My Damascus Road Experience so to speak. During this time, the Lord lead me to the church that I attend, He lead me to my mentors, He lead me in His Word. He placed me under Godly supervisors at my job. All this in preparation to do His work.

God just reached down, grabbed me by the hand, and said to me, “NO MORE, MY CHILD! YOU WILL NOT AND CANNOT LIVE THIS WAY ANYMORE! IT IS GRIEVING MY HEART AND THIS IS NO LIFE FOR ONE OF MY CREATION! BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF MY SON AND BE SAVED!” So I did. My life has not been the same since.

Now, God is again reaching down to me, grabbing me by my hand, and saying to me, “NO MORE MY CHILD! YOU WILL NOT AND CANNOT LIVE THIS WAY ANYMORE! IT IS GRIEVING MY HEART AND THIS IS NO LIFE FOR ONE OF MY CHILDREN! SURRENDER TO ME AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAVE YOU!”

God delivered me from the wicked life of alcoholism and drug addiction. I was on fire and I was doing so well. Now, I’ve traded these addictions in for more “socially acceptable” sins. I over eat. Everyday, I over eat. It’s time to surrender. It’s time for me to recognize that this body is His temple and He dwells within. I wouldn’t put methamphetamine inside of my body again, why do I put this abundance of food and fat inside of my body?

Debbie is constantly on me about my food choices. Not because she likes to harp on me. It’s because she loves me. She’d like to see me stick around for awhile. Well, doesn’t it make since that if I love my Lord, and I love my wife, I should maybe listen to them? It makes sense to me.

I think that God is going to use me. I think that He just has a few more things to fine tune. So, I will ask you to pray for me, and I will begin to surrender. Oh to live only for the Lord, this is my desire. Praise the Lord for His Mightiness!