{"id":528,"date":"2018-12-05T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=528"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:42:59","slug":"commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2018\/12\/05\/commander\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The moment you began praying, a command was given.”\u00a0 Daniel 9:23a<\/strong><\/em>
\nThis was in my Bible reading today.\u00a0 Daniel is praying for his people.\u00a0 He was praying and confessing his sin, as well as the sin of the people.\u00a0 That’s when Gabriel, whom I like to think of as Gabe, showed up with this message.\u00a0 As I read it, it struck me at how utterly amazing it is to think about.<\/p>\n

The minute Daniel started praying a command was given.\u00a0 What if the minute I start praying, the command is given?<\/p>\n

The minute I pray and confess to God my sins the command is given to be forgiven.\u00a0 The minute I ask God for help, a command is given.\u00a0 When I cry to Him for direction, a command is given.\u00a0 He already has a plan, He’s just waiting for me to turn to Him.\u00a0 When I do, a command is given.<\/p>\n

I’ve been praying for years for about a dream God gave me a long time ago.\u00a0 I’ve always dreamed of writing more than anything else in my life.\u00a0 I really didn’t dream about the husband, not like I dreamed about writing.\u00a0 Over the last few years and months God has opened doors which have given me the opportunity to write.\u00a0 Recently, He opened up an entire new door for me to go back for my Masters and learn to write better.\u00a0 To be able to write more.\u00a0 It’s a dream come true for me.<\/p>\n

All of those little prayers I prayed over the years had commands attached to them.\u00a0 Commands which have directed me to this new journey.\u00a0 My life, by times can fill like a pinball machine.\u00a0 I’m the ball getting pinged from one thing to the next.\u00a0 I used to take more time to try and understand why my life has taken an unexpected turn.\u00a0 I’ve learned, as I’ve grown older, the majority of things which happen here on earth, I will never get the answers I’m trying to find.\u00a0 Every now and then I do, but for the most part, there are no answers.<\/p>\n

As a result,\u00a0 I’ve surrendered.\u00a0 I’ve just given my life to God.\u00a0 Each morning I confess my sins.\u00a0 I thank Him for all He’s done.\u00a0 Sometimes I spend all morning praising Him.\u00a0 Other times I might have a bone to pick with Him about something I don’t agree with Him about.\u00a0 He always wins those conversations.\u00a0 There are times where I just sit with Him and cry because my heart hurts so much.\u00a0 Always, always at the end of our chats, I get on my knees and say, “I’m yours.\u00a0 Do with me as You will.”<\/p>\n

I’m tired of fighting.\u00a0 I’m tired of trying to make life about what I want.\u00a0 My way is definitely not the right way.\u00a0 But His is.\u00a0 He’s the commander.\u00a0 When I start the prayer, He starts the command!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The moment you began praying, a command was given.”\u00a0 Daniel 9:23a This was in my Bible reading today.\u00a0 Daniel is praying for his people.\u00a0 He was praying and confessing his sin, as well as the sin of the people.\u00a0 That’s when Gabriel, whom I like to think of as Gabe, showed up with this message.\u00a0… Continue reading Commander<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}