Psalms 119:10
Sometimes life is sweet.
Sometimes life is pleasant.
Sometimes life is agreeable.
Sometimes life is satisfying.
Sometimes life is profitable.
Sometimes life is roses.
Sometimes life is mundane.
Sometimes life is uneventful.
Sometimes life is ordinary.
Sometimes life is thorns.
Sometimes life hurts.
Sometimes life is sorrowful.
Sometimes life is painful.
Sometimes life is hard.
Sometimes life is cruel.
Sometimes..... life is relentless.
In life's natural patterns of highs and lows and even the mundane what should I do? Where should I turn? What or WHO guides my path? As a Christ follower the WHAT is God's Word and the WHO is Christ. But knowing doesn't equal easy. When all is going well I tend to do life on my own... when mundane....I can become complacent.....and when life is between the thorns and relentless......I just want out!
So what does it take to seek the Lord and what exactly drives one to the Word of God?
I know I should:
HEAR IT
"Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ."
Romans 10:17
READ IT
"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."
Psalms 119:105
STUDY IT
"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads."
Deuteronomy 11:18
MEMORIZE IT
"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
Psalms 119:11
MEDITATE ON IT
"But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night."
Psalms 1:2
But HOW do I get there?
•The "sometimes" I'm experiencing?
•A devotional I'm reading?
•A study I'm doing?
•A podcast I'm listening to?
•Is it all of the above?
Yes! It IS all of the above!! Everything I read, everything I listen to, every study I'm doing, every life experience, good or bad, "should" drive me, physically, emotionally and spiritually to the Word of God.
Not a day should ever go by that finds my Bible closed on my desk, tucked away in a bookbag, laying on the seat of my car or unable to be found.
Every single time I solely use a source other than God's word, I am one step away from 100% truth.
So let me clarify, "should" doesn't always mean I do.... sadly.....being uncomfortable is not something I'm comfortable with. Sometimes God moves greatly when I am most uncomfortable. I've said it before and I believe it, GOD WASTES NOTHING! In every one of the "sometimes" listed at the beginning of this post, God is present in it and working THROUGH it.
God brought this passage to me...I'm not sure through what, but, what an eye opener.
"At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:26-29
I must never be so naive to think that the testing and trials I go through are not the shaking away of the comfortable things that I think give my life meaning. That which seems more important than the eternal. When I so arrogantly think I can "fix" that which is uncomfortable. 🤦🏻♀️
When all is shaken I am NOT without....NO! I am standing in a kingdom that cannot, will not, ever be shaken.
The more I pour the Word of God into me, the more prepared I become for the shaking that will come. Make no mistake, you and I will be shaken. You and I cannot escape it. You and I cannot, in any way, earn a pass.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you WILL have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
In a temporary world that is constantly changing there is this promise:
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
Hebrews 13:8
There is NOTHING in this world, NOTHING, that I will experience that Jesus Christ has not already experienced.
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
Hebrews 4:15-16
God, life has its ups and downs but you remain steady and true, trustworthy and faithful, gracious and merciful. Thank you for sending your son Jesus who lived a sinless life yet experienced all that I will in this earthly life, so that, I can approach the throne of grace with confidence. Hallelujah! What a Savior.
Sometimes..... life is relentless.
In life's natural patterns of highs and lows and even the mundane what should I do? Where should I turn? What or WHO guides my path? As a Christ follower the WHAT is God's Word and the WHO is Christ. But knowing doesn't equal easy. When all is going well I tend to do life on my own... when mundane....I can become complacent.....and when life is between the thorns and relentless......I just want out!
So what does it take to seek the Lord and what exactly drives one to the Word of God?
I know I should:
HEAR IT
"Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ."
Romans 10:17
READ IT
"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."
Psalms 119:105
STUDY IT
"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads."
Deuteronomy 11:18
MEMORIZE IT
"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
Psalms 119:11
MEDITATE ON IT
"But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night."
Psalms 1:2
But HOW do I get there?
•The "sometimes" I'm experiencing?
•A devotional I'm reading?
•A study I'm doing?
•A podcast I'm listening to?
•Is it all of the above?
Yes! It IS all of the above!! Everything I read, everything I listen to, every study I'm doing, every life experience, good or bad, "should" drive me, physically, emotionally and spiritually to the Word of God.
Not a day should ever go by that finds my Bible closed on my desk, tucked away in a bookbag, laying on the seat of my car or unable to be found.
Every single time I solely use a source other than God's word, I am one step away from 100% truth.
So let me clarify, "should" doesn't always mean I do.... sadly.....being uncomfortable is not something I'm comfortable with. Sometimes God moves greatly when I am most uncomfortable. I've said it before and I believe it, GOD WASTES NOTHING! In every one of the "sometimes" listed at the beginning of this post, God is present in it and working THROUGH it.
God brought this passage to me...I'm not sure through what, but, what an eye opener.
"At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:26-29
I must never be so naive to think that the testing and trials I go through are not the shaking away of the comfortable things that I think give my life meaning. That which seems more important than the eternal. When I so arrogantly think I can "fix" that which is uncomfortable. 🤦🏻♀️
When all is shaken I am NOT without....NO! I am standing in a kingdom that cannot, will not, ever be shaken.
The more I pour the Word of God into me, the more prepared I become for the shaking that will come. Make no mistake, you and I will be shaken. You and I cannot escape it. You and I cannot, in any way, earn a pass.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you WILL have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
In a temporary world that is constantly changing there is this promise:
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
Hebrews 13:8
There is NOTHING in this world, NOTHING, that I will experience that Jesus Christ has not already experienced.
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
Hebrews 4:15-16
God, life has its ups and downs but you remain steady and true, trustworthy and faithful, gracious and merciful. Thank you for sending your son Jesus who lived a sinless life yet experienced all that I will in this earthly life, so that, I can approach the throne of grace with confidence. Hallelujah! What a Savior.
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