Day 24.......Transformed by truth
Here we go. God's word. How important is it to me? How do I apply it to my daily life? You've probably all heard this before, but it's good to remember. There were two native American Indians talking. One said to the other, "I feel like I have two dogs fighting inside of me." The other one asked, "Which one wins?" He answered, "The one I feed the most." We can know about God's word, but not reading His word will make us spiritual weaklings. We'll have a few insights into God's word. But if we don't read it daily and apply it daily of those two dogs, the soul or flesh and the spirit, the flesh or soul will always win. We'll rationalize that "It doesn't apply to me nowadays.......things have changed." Or we'll be led astray by what we feel. I post in several Christian groups, and I had a message all ready to send, but decided it may not be right at this time. So I posted a message from the past. The message that was SUPPOSED to be today's, is right in line with what we're reading today. I messed up by not posting the message the Lord gave me for today. I chose to do it my way.
"What has God already told me in His Word that I haven't started doing yet?"
Meditating daily on His word. Psalm 1:1-3 is one of my favorite scriptures. I even put music to it! But I'm not meditating like I should. Have a great day and God bless. :-) James
posted by James at 11:33 AM
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"What has God already told me in His Word that I haven't started doing yet?"
You want to know what? This is a really interesting question for me.
There are so many things I've discovered through God's word recently; and I've only begun to integrate a few.
Sometimes it takes me a while to figure out what biblical truths will actually look like when they are lived out in my life.
Take the example of submission. I've been doing my own study on submission, under the care and guidance of a pastor at our church. I am learning a great deal about the biblical roots of submission; but I have yet to apply much of what I've learned. I think this will be a life long process for me....especially in this particular area!
Another area, where I know God's Word is clear, concerns truth telling. I don't like admitting this, but even as recently as last week, I fudged the truth in order to gain more time to complete a project that needed to be finished.
Now, this wasn't a matter as serious as brain surgery; but that's really not the point is it? As Christians, we are held to a higher standard.... would admitting that I needed more time have been the end of the world? Of course, not!
So, I would really like to work on being truthful in all things. Not brutally honest mind you. I don't think scripture says anything about being brutally honest with one another. That just tends to be more brutal than anything.....but to be honest, to speak plainly and truthfully in all matters, now that is something I aspire to do!
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