it was my second time this week honestly the first time
I just was so distracted that I couldn't get it
been rough getting in the word the past few days also
not that I just havent been in
it's just been rough
ya know that song by Lecrae called "Praying for You"
yeah that's how I feel the past week
My journey got off to a good start
and I've hit a few road blocks here and there
I really have
!BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP!
There's something amazing on the other side of all of this
and it's counting on me to pull through
If you are on your own journey
and things aren't looking too swell right now
I encourage you PRAY PRAY PRAY
and don't stop
don't give up
even if you take a few steps backwards
We loose are way sometimes
but we must find it again and continue
continue down the right path
on to something beautiful
even if that path leads us through the valley of the shadow of death
remember whose rod as staff comfort us
God's and aint nobody about to mess wit Him
So in my reading this morning I was hit with this
1 Corinthians 11: 31 If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged, 32 but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with the world.
and I want to look at a few things from this
First of all the wording when Paul says "Properly evaluating"
think about that for a moment
if we were properly evaluating
now this clearly means that the people he is writing to actually were evaluating themselves
just not properly
They were looking at themselves and saying that things were okay
knowing that Paul is an ambassador of Christ
it would seem that he is realizing that these evaluations
are not based upon God's truth,
but instead mans opinion
and how often do we look at our lives
and settle for wordly evaluation
not really worrying about what God says is good
settling for what man says is good
and when we do this
something is still missing
we still live with that feeling of something isn't rightness
He continues to say that we wouldn't be judged if we would evaluate ourselves
correctly(based upon Gods word)
God delights in those who 1 meditate on His word day and night
and 2 apply His word to their lives
He delights in our obedience
and when we Repent He is happy with us
however when we settle for less that what God calls us to
and we begin to put God's word off and just do our own thing
God does allow things to come into our lives and slap us around a little bit
and when we decide to be away from Him then we go through these things
without Him
Not because He has abandoned us,
but because we walked away
Now lets look at that last part :)
When God lets these things happen
He does it to discipline us
so that we wont be condemned with the world
He does this in love
so that we come back to Him
and back into His ways
now yes we have the choice to do that or not,
but He really does give us the option
and He makes it very clear
When we are His children
and we start living for ourselves
or for this world
!!!!BAD THINGS HAPPEN!!!!
and the whole time God is calling us back to His side
Ready to take us back
If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness!
He isn't holding a grudge
but instead calling us back to Him
in Love
and yes He is allowing
hurtful things to step in and show us that yeah we need Him
LIKE ANY LOVING PARENT WOULD DO!
God has boundaries
He doesn't play the whole
Give me that candy bar even though I've been really bad
or I'm going to cry and embarrass you
in this store game -_-
But He loves us anyway :-)
He loves us enough to give us what we NEED!!
over what we WANT!
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