"Determined Hearts" -Too

"The stout-hearted are spoiled; they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands." (Psalms 76:5) I guess what makes it so hard to quit, is not that it's so hard, because it's really not; if you get right down to it, it's remarkably easy; after all, God has done all the work, we just need relax and enjoy the ride. It's really more about wanting what we don't deserve, not because we think we should have it, because without it, we're toast, and we realize how true that reality is; but we want it so much because God wants us to have it! He spoils us so much! Why would anyone not want this kind of love? (Wow, that was pretty amazing!) I love when God speaks and I actually listen; there is nothing more powerful than actually hearing God's heart for me; there is nothing more powerful than God's love for us, absolutely nothing! Besides, don't you really enjoy that your going to live forever? I don't know about you, but I am really looking forward to getting out of here; this life has it's moments, but it can also make feel empty and alone. That's when you need to reach up to God! Like a small little child reaches up to his daddy, and just say, "Abba Father!" The last part of this verse has me stumped; because it's not about power and might, it's about letting go, and letting God take over. You think about something Jesus demonstrated in His weakness, He demonstrated the power of God! I'm sorry, but that's amazing to think about; how Jesus just let it all unfold; no resistance, not putting up a fight, not even speaking out; He just let it happen! And guess what? He won!!! That's the kind of trust I want to have! That is the kind of trust we need to determine in our hearts to have! It's really not hard, it's remarkably easy; like Paul declares in the end of his letter, "From henceforth let no man trouble me," because there is nothing that can explain the peace that comes from trusting God...
"Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know what the law actually says? The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise. These two women serve as an illustration of God's two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them. And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law. But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother. As Isaiah said, "Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband!" And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac. But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit." (Galatians 4:21-29) NLT