We are doing the study "Not A Fan" in our church crosswalk group. This is part of my contribution for this evening.
In the journal section I wrote:
"I am willing to let You
lead me regarding these uncomfortable feelings. I do not know how best to
proceed. Help me rest in
You and find my fulfillment in knowing You, Lord.
"Living surrendered to
Jesus is like not having to take responsibility for all the outcomes.
There is a freedom that
comes with being a slave."
Sometimes the Journal brings up uncomfortable things that the Lord would like to change. He showed me an area where I have the propensity to sin.
Propensity: tendency, leaning, inclination, bent, liability, bias,
disposition, pension, susceptibility, predisposition, proclivity, proneness,
aptness
These verses help me focus on this topic:
Mt 22:37. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 6:31-34 "So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall
we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run
after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But
seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be
given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord
says:“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the
good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you
said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Isaiah 55:6-8 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call
on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous
their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and
to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like you, who
pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You
do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have
compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities
into the depths of the sea.
Always His way is scattered with instruction, directions, forgiveness, another chance to get it right. As I seek to love the Lord my God with all my might, I am not disappointed, but continually cared for, led, showered with compassion and pardon.
May your days be filled with his presence and grace.
Go team! Well said. Dan
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