Actress Asks One Question That Will Change Your Relationship With God
By Movieguide® Contributor
While speaking to the TBN audience, Priscilla Shirer argued that oftentimes we miss the work that God is doing in our lives because we are desensitized to His glory.
“We have been overwhelmingly blessed by the presence and the power of God among us, where, here in this country, you and I can go out on a Saturday to a Christian women’s event, like this one, or we can go to a Christian bookstore, where we can pick up any Bible, in any translation, in any language. Or we can turn on Christian radio and listen to Gospel [music], if you like that, or contemporary Christian music, if you like that. We have options available to us,” the actress said.
“Could it be that we have lived in this neighborhood of blessing for so long that when the train of God’s glory wants to fall in an unusual way, when He wants to show up in power and in glory, that we have become so used to it that we don’t even recognize His blessing anymore?” she continued. “That we’ve become so desensitized to God’s presence among us that it doesn’t cause us, as it always should, for us to fall to our knees in adoration, our arms outstretched in worship that God would visit us in this unique, beautiful way. Lord, help us to never be desensitized to the train of your glory.”
She previously told actress Candace Cameron Bure that God will use even the difficult moments in our lives for His glory.
“He’s not shocked. He’s still sitting on the throne. He still has us in mind and in heart. He’s still watching over us. That right there gives me so much of an anchor,” Shirer said. “If He’s allowed it, He is utilizing it for my good and for His glory.”
“…oftentimes, many times, when the Lord comes to minister to you, to speak into your life circumstances, He will come in a way that is not the way you expect,” she added.
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Shirer’s reminder is incredibly important in our current culture of consumerism and privilege. It is so easy to forget that the Lord has immeasurably blessed our country and allowed us to prosper. Many of the problems we face would be insignificant for the majority of the world who are more worried about food, housing and safety.
The fact that we are even alive is a blessing from God, and we should thank Him and praise Him for it constantly. However, we often turn to Him to ask Him for more. While the Bible is clear that we should turn to the Lord and ask His hand to be present in all areas of our lives — and that He cares about all areas of our lives — we cannot forget to show Him praise both when He does and when He doesn’t show up in our lives how we expect Him to. He has already blessed us, and we should not forget that.
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