Monday, July 6, 2009
Change change change change..
I love God with all of my heart. Sometimes I doubt it, but then God shows me how faithful He is, and establishes Hope in the hearts of those who were once hopeless. There is a choice we must make when it comes to persevering. As I continue to grow up, I see this reoccurring theme in my life, that I will need to push through obstacles. And I know that sounds like such an obvious thing, but when you face it is such a different thing. You don't know until you've been there. It's like when your family members tell you about something that will happen in life, and you kinda over look it, but when it happens, it's like all you can think about is them tell you that story. God is good, and will never lead or forsake us. Thank God cause I am sick of people leaving you high and dry, right when you need them the most.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Stoked
God is bringing the dreams that He has placed in my heart into fruition. Not fully there yet, but He's starting.
I am so excited, but it brings the immense fear of God with it. It's so heavy, but so graced by God.
God's worthiness of praise is everlasting. Which means that we should have a song of praise to God for all of eternity. The beauty of the diversity of people is that the song I sing isn't the same as the song you sing. The way people interpret things is totally different. So let us all being to make our own melodies to God. He's worthy.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
wakingupweighty
This morning, as I took my deep breath in at the moment I woke up, I "inhaled" the fear of the Lord. I just had this feeling of a need and complete dependence upon God. I love worshiping God. I love the Lord. His faithfulness is attractive, and His embrace is security. It's taken me a long time to love the Lord like this. Trust is a big thing for me, and I know now it's thing that comes easy because of what the Lord has done. Just thought, I would let you know.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Fulfillment
Hebrews 10
"By His will we have been sanctified once for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ. Day after day every priest stands and repeatedly offers the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, 'he sat down at the right hand of God.'"
Jesus' last words, "It is finished," have you ever taken the time to ask yourself, "What is finished?" This semester, I am taking a couple of classes that focus mainly on Christ as High Priest. I must say, I am beginning to see a creative side of God that I never knew existed. The Old Covenant was based on the sacrificial system, where people would take some type of animal to a priest, and sacrifice it, for the remission of their transgressions. Different types of offerings or sacrifices gave forgiveness for different things. The priests were basically butchers who loved the Lord. These sacrifices weren't a pretty sight. There was a very complex method that God gave his people for them to have forgiveness of sin. These priests were continually going, non-stop sacrifice. Covered in the blood of goats, bulls, rams, sheep, doves, and the list goes on and on. If you've ever heard the fact that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament, I would challenge you to dig deeper, and find out every way that He has fulfilled it. For God to give one perfect sacrifice, and for all of those who put themselves under this one sacrifice to be totally covered is amazing. God, whose character was put on display through the life of Christ, showed how selfless He is by giving His one and only begotten Son to die. In the Tabernacle there was a piece of furniture called "The Bronze Laver." Now it was there for the priests to wash themselves for sacrifice, and this made them clean. Now jump forward to Jesus first miracle where He turned the water into wine. Now, Jesus and His disciples were at a Wedding Reception, and these jars of water were there for the people to wash, and make themselves clean to eat. The law was very strict in what the people who followed had to do to remain clean, but for eating it was imperative for them to be clean in a setting like this. So now for us what is the one thing that can wash us and make us clean from sin. The Blood of Christ. And the Blood of Christ, being one of the elements for Communion, has been represented by wine. So Jesus took the water, which was significant for washing the people to make them clean, and turned into the representation of the one thing that can truly wash us and make us clean forever. So no longer do we need these priests to make sacrifice on behalf of us for the cleansing of sin. We have been given such a grace that can cover us for all of eternity and our needs are met, and beyond than that of just salvation. God, through His Son, has fulfilled the old with the new. Therefore, "It is finished."
Jesus' last words, "It is finished," have you ever taken the time to ask yourself, "What is finished?" This semester, I am taking a couple of classes that focus mainly on Christ as High Priest. I must say, I am beginning to see a creative side of God that I never knew existed. The Old Covenant was based on the sacrificial system, where people would take some type of animal to a priest, and sacrifice it, for the remission of their transgressions. Different types of offerings or sacrifices gave forgiveness for different things. The priests were basically butchers who loved the Lord. These sacrifices weren't a pretty sight. There was a very complex method that God gave his people for them to have forgiveness of sin. These priests were continually going, non-stop sacrifice. Covered in the blood of goats, bulls, rams, sheep, doves, and the list goes on and on. If you've ever heard the fact that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament, I would challenge you to dig deeper, and find out every way that He has fulfilled it. For God to give one perfect sacrifice, and for all of those who put themselves under this one sacrifice to be totally covered is amazing. God, whose character was put on display through the life of Christ, showed how selfless He is by giving His one and only begotten Son to die. In the Tabernacle there was a piece of furniture called "The Bronze Laver." Now it was there for the priests to wash themselves for sacrifice, and this made them clean. Now jump forward to Jesus first miracle where He turned the water into wine. Now, Jesus and His disciples were at a Wedding Reception, and these jars of water were there for the people to wash, and make themselves clean to eat. The law was very strict in what the people who followed had to do to remain clean, but for eating it was imperative for them to be clean in a setting like this. So now for us what is the one thing that can wash us and make us clean from sin. The Blood of Christ. And the Blood of Christ, being one of the elements for Communion, has been represented by wine. So Jesus took the water, which was significant for washing the people to make them clean, and turned into the representation of the one thing that can truly wash us and make us clean forever. So no longer do we need these priests to make sacrifice on behalf of us for the cleansing of sin. We have been given such a grace that can cover us for all of eternity and our needs are met, and beyond than that of just salvation. God, through His Son, has fulfilled the old with the new. Therefore, "It is finished."
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sovereign God
I cannot believe that God wants me. I am at a place in my life where I am learning stuff about myself that kinda makes me sick. How I have functioned through life, even after coming to the Lord. I just want to say sorry to anyone who reads this and is one of the many people that I have probably hurt over the years. I have been changing the way I have been having my time with God. It's no longer just about reading as the important part. I find that praying and journaling are just as important. Listening to the voice of God, and writing it down. Man, God is so good, even at a place in life where frustration can set in, and you feel like it's never going to stop. I am becoming a man. I am 20, about to turn 21, and I am so glad that I am getting this crap out now, and not when I have three kids and a wife. It's really funny when you read a verse from the Bible, and you kinda get it, but when you live it out, and see the principle of it in your own life, man, it's another journey.
God,
I am grateful that your word is relevant to me now in my life.
Monday, January 19, 2009
What it's all about...
Well..
I keep finding that people who pursue God with a heart of complete surrender, find Him. I also find that people who are disciplined by God, come out on the other side of it saying, "God I will do anything, anywhere, just lead me and I guide me. I don't care what I get out of it." Hmm...
I mean. What is it all about? Ask yourself that. What am I in this for. Am I trying to get recognized, noticed, or affirmed? It's time to grow up. It's hard living in a culture that say's, "Get what you can at all cost. It's all about you." What does it even mean to live a counter culture life. I mean we have heard to meaning of it, but if we don't allow it to sink in, what is the purpose of even trying? We have to realize that God's plan for our lives, is so much better than the best that we can try and orchestrate.
Another question. Are we willing to let God move in our lives, even when it puts us in a place where we aren't comfortable. I'm not just talking in the physical. A place where you are being attacked on a consistent basis. Where you feel like you are being pulled down by the plans of the enemy, but the grace, strength, and power of God is what is making you stand. You ever been there? Well let's get there, and stay there.
Pastor Dale was talking about "Kingdom Character" a couple weeks ago. His first point was "Total Dependence." Let's break it down.
total |ˈtōtl|
adjective
1 [ attrib. ] comprising the whole number or amount.
dependence |diˈpendəns|
noun
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
God, help me and teach me to be totally dependent upon you...
I keep finding that people who pursue God with a heart of complete surrender, find Him. I also find that people who are disciplined by God, come out on the other side of it saying, "God I will do anything, anywhere, just lead me and I guide me. I don't care what I get out of it." Hmm...
I mean. What is it all about? Ask yourself that. What am I in this for. Am I trying to get recognized, noticed, or affirmed? It's time to grow up. It's hard living in a culture that say's, "Get what you can at all cost. It's all about you." What does it even mean to live a counter culture life. I mean we have heard to meaning of it, but if we don't allow it to sink in, what is the purpose of even trying? We have to realize that God's plan for our lives, is so much better than the best that we can try and orchestrate.
Another question. Are we willing to let God move in our lives, even when it puts us in a place where we aren't comfortable. I'm not just talking in the physical. A place where you are being attacked on a consistent basis. Where you feel like you are being pulled down by the plans of the enemy, but the grace, strength, and power of God is what is making you stand. You ever been there? Well let's get there, and stay there.
Pastor Dale was talking about "Kingdom Character" a couple weeks ago. His first point was "Total Dependence." Let's break it down.
total |ˈtōtl|
adjective
1 [ attrib. ] comprising the whole number or amount.
dependence |diˈpendəns|
noun
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
God, help me and teach me to be totally dependent upon you...
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