Sharnita GatesOwner, Fertile Hearts Foundation · Kingdom Ambassador | Owner | Innovator | Change Agent | Engaging Culture “ Building discipline and mature humans”

Stand firm and pray 🙏 #God #pray #character #new #mind #priority

3 Feb 2023 · 2 min

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In this brief devotional monologue, the speaker shares a spontaneous insight about a metaphor comparing the act of playing a flute to how we receive God’s word. She explains that we can either be the one who ‘plays the flute’—actively speaking and internalizing the truth of Scripture—or we can allow others to ‘play the flute’ for us, receiving words that may not align with our spiritual needs. Emphasizing the importance of surrounding oneself with people who are skilled at conveying God’s truth, she affirms believers with scriptural reminders such as being ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’ and ‘the head, not the tail.’ The speaker encourages listeners to stand firm in faith, to seek God’s word daily, and to pray, positioning the metaphor as a call to personal responsibility and community support in spiritual growth.

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Good morning, everyone. I just heard something and I figured I can jump on here real quick and share it with you guys. And it made so much sense. It said you can either play the flute or the flute can be played to you. And I thought about that. I'm like, wow, either I can speak the word that I know that I need to hear, or else someone else will play the words that they feel like I need to hear. And it may not be the best words that I may need to hear. So of course I know me spiritually and emotionally, relationally, I need to be fed with the word, the word of God, like his truth, because his word is the truth. Like we are here to fulfill the law the best way that we can. Of course we're not going to fulfill it in like Jesus. I mean, if we could, we all be playing the flute and be playing the flute very well. And so It made me realize, like, that's why I need to be around individuals that can play the flute very well. Like, they can speak the word of God and know, like, I need some— for me, I, I love telling my sisters, you are fearfully, you are wonderfully made. You are the head and not the tail. Um, and I, I feel like that's how I talk to myself because I know that's what God has told, you know, said who I am. So of course, if he says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made, He sure did say that you are too. So that really stood out to me as far as either I could play the flute or I can let someone else play the flute, but it's all about what I want to hear, what I need to hear. So I definitely need to hear that word this morning, um, just as a reminder that I can actually play the flute and stand firm on the word of God that I have.