I loved reading this in 1st Samuel. God told Saul through Samuel that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon him and he would prophesy and be turned into another man, temporarily. An immeasurably better thing happens in the hearts of believers today as they yield their lives to the Spirit of God. He turns them into a different person... forever.
Our God meets us where we are with all our dents and our scrapes. He met me when I cried out to Him in utter terror and grief. When, as last resort, I lifted my arms to Him. He met me right where I was...very deep in the muck and mire of this world. He pulled me up and set me in a broad place and put His Spirit in my heart and turned me into another woman. He has done it all since....all I needed to do was stay close to Him and abide in His word. He has given me beauty for ashes. He has done exceedingly abundantly in my life. Have their been difficult times? Absolutely. But His right hand upholds me and walks me through them all. He overrules all of them for my good and His glory. My job as was Saul's is to obey Him and do as the occasion demands because my God is with me. The results are always up to Him.
If you are in that place, cry out to God. He will come to You...right where you are. As you look to Him He will make glorious changes by His Spirit who will come and dwell in your heart. You will be conformed to His image and will become what He wants you to be...
Praying also once again this morning, for our unsaved family and loved ones. Oh Father, may they cry out to You in their misery and distress. Hear their cries and open their hearts to receive all that You have for them. Be glorified in their lives! We want for them what You have given us! Your Spirit dwelling in our hearts.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.--Jeremiah 29:11
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.--2nd Corinthians 3:18
