Actress Reminds Us God’s Ways ‘Are Not Our Ways’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Priscilla Shirer is reminding us to accept God’s ways, even when they might not look the way we expected.
“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,” Shirer said in a sermon. “Why? Because His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughts. As high as the heavens are above the earth, that’s how high His ways and His thoughts are above our own.”
She continued, “And what I attempt to do, what you often attempt to do, I’m sure, is to dumb Him down so that His ways match our ways, His thoughts match our thoughts. We want Him to answer our prayers the way we’ve prayed them. We want the solutions that work out in our minds to be the solutions that will be best given the scenario that we see, given the prayer requests that we’ve prayed.”
Shirer is a Moviguide® Award-winning actress who appeared in movies like WAR ROOM and OVERCOMER.
“But y’all, sometimes we pray for growth, and He answers with rain. Sometimes we pray for oak trees, and He answers with an acorn,” Shirer said. “And when the answer comes for your marriage, when the answer comes for your parenting, when the solution that God — listen, today, God is going to give some of you solutions and divine strategies for things that are happening in your life, and on your job, and in your finances, the struggles that you’re facing, and I’m saying, when He answers, if the answer does not come in the package that you have expected, will you miss it because you want your way, not His way?”
In an interview, Shirer spoke about how she keeps Jesus’ true identity in mind.
“I think one of the main ways is that we remember what he has delivered us from. We remember what we would have been, had it not been for the grace and the mercy and goodness of God,” she explained.
Shirer continued, “Every one of us has a testimony. Some of us have a more stark, striking testimony than others, but all of us were in sin, and all of us would have had an eternal destination that was separated from God. If it weren’t for the grace of God, none of us would be able to experience freedom or victory and a life that is filled with peace and stability of heart and mind.”
“So the first thing that keeps us calibrated to make sure our heart is turned toward him sincerely is remembering what could be all of our lot if it weren’t for his grace and mercy. That makes you continually grateful,” she concluded.
Shirer recently launched her own podcast with son JC Shirer, titled, FULL FLEDGED.
“Very excited to announce our new podcast FULL FLEDGED: THE HOMEY PODCAST,” JC posted on Instagram. “A lot of jokes, laughter, and brutally honest family conversations in our onesies.”
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