IBS- LUKE 3:14
“Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, ‘And what shall we do?’ so he said to them, ‘do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your ways.”

So many times, I come to God or a leader with this same question- “what should I do now?” like there isn’t a whole book called the Bible that literally tells me how I should walk out my faith. But still I lose some faith in believing God will lead me by the Holy Spirit in the ways He has fulfilled for me already. Being stuck in my ways is something I never thought I would say because I always thought of myself as a free-spirited person, but I did have my ways and the way I liked things to go and when that didn’t happen I had my moods and fits. But how free I am now of trying to figure it all out cause I know God already has bigger and better plans for me and all of us- how amazing is that! Jeremiah 29:11 shares exactly that too, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” My grandma used to make me repeat this verse until I memorized it and as much as I hated it then I love that I know it now- the truth. I love in this verse how it says to not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely because I know for me I can be quick to think everyone is against me and I can allow the devil to quickly unleash the flesh in my speaking and how I think when that isn’t really of my heart or the way God has called me to speak to people. I am reminded of the verse about seeing the speck in your brother’s eye but not being able to see the blank in your own and how true that is for me sometimes and how God hasn’t called us to talk down to one another or hurt one another but with and in everything IN LOVE. “being content with your ways” it doesn’t say being content in the ways of others which you think you have to be- no. it says with your ways period. When we try to imitate someone, else or look at someone and admire and want to be them we are hating on ourselves and it comes down to hating the image of God which is in each of us like it says in Genesis 1:26, “…Let Us make man in Our image, according to our likeness… so God created man in His Own image…” I struggle with being self-conscious and God is really just stripping me of this and showing me where my heart really is at, and what matters most- to be content in the things He has given me and the abilities I do have. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IBS- PHILIPPIANS 3:8 “Yet indeed I also count all thigs loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.” I am reminded of the Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” To hold onto the things of this world only hinders you. Your relationship with Christ Jesus, your walk, your mornings, and your everyday life. To gain the whole world but lose your soul is gaining nothing. To fight for anything of this world is going to get me nowhere if not led by the Lord. I have held on to so many things of this world, it has bonded me and there is a weight on my shoulders because of it. When I try to gain the whole world- I lose myself. I feel caught in a net with no way out. I can see the good in God, but I am to twisted and wrapped up in the ways of me that I can not figure out the way out. In Christ I have no bondage I have no net. To gain knowledge
Read more
IBS- MARK 10:46-52 “ Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” then many warned him to be quite; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” so Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.” And throwing aside his garments, he rose and came to Jesus. So, Jesus answered and said to him “What do you want Me to do for you?” the blind man said to Him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.”   I relate to Bart in the sense of begging for Jesus to come back into my life and forgiving me once again for my sin
Read more
Colossians 3:23 “And whatever you do, do good work hardily as for the Lord and not to men.” Christians often talk about working for God, going on a mission’s trip for God, doing the ministry for God. Its good to talk that way. It’s biblical. We are promised that through Christ we will “bear fruit for God” and we are called to “work heartily as for the Lord, and not for men.” So, we should do things for God. But what does that mean? Sometimes when we talk about doing something for someone, we mean that we are going to meet their needs. So, if we talked about doing something for the poor, we mean we are going to meet the needs of the poor. But is that what we mean when we talk about doing things for God? When the Bible calls us to do things for God, is it calling us to meet God’s needs? That’s impossible, because God has no needs. Acts 17:24-25, “The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served b
Read more