Let’s quickly touch base on what’s was going on these past couple weeks:
I started taking a class called Eternal Foundations by Bob Yandian. “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.“ Matthew 7:24-25 NIV. I wanted to be able to stand firm with my feet planted on a solid foundation so I won’t be toppled over by the enemy.
One of my favorite Christian Rap song is, Start Over by Flame feat NF. There’s a part that goes, “Come to me all who are weary with heavy burdens I’ll give you rest. Separating you from your sin, as far as the east is from the west.” “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 NIV “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22 NIV “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12 NIV. He wants us to cast all our cares on Him. So we won’t be shackled by our sins or held down by the weight of this world. We don’t have to have it all together or do it all on our own. “I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 NCV. Be encouraged & know, “If He is not the God of all than He is not the God at all.” (Don’t you just love how Scripture interprets Scripture!?)
I also wanted to share with you the virtue of patience. This is something we all struggle with in this day of instant everything. When it comes to some parts of our lives where we don’t get what we immediate want then we pout, cry & throw a tantrum like we are 3 years old again. “You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” James 4:2-3 NIV. ““I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, …”” Jeremiah 17:10 NIV.
Pastor Greg Laurie said this; “If the request is wrong God says no. If the timing is wrong God says slow. If you are wrong God says Grow. If the request, timing, and you are right God says go.” If we don’t get an answer to our prayer right away it doesn’t mean God isn’t listening. We simply need faith & patience & to trust that the Lord is working for us. “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” John 15:16 NIV. Roman wasn’t built in a day guys nor was the earth create in a day. It took 6 days for the Father to create this world we live in. I’m pretty sure He was using that as an example for us; to grow a little each day. Take your time & remember to breathe, (He did rest on the 7th day shouldn’t we follow his example.)
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