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10.26.2004
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Went to 8:10 tonight at FBC-Euless... met a lot of great people, heard a great message and had some good coffee afterwards.
The message put an interesting question to me... when's the last time I really looked to God's Word for answers to life questions... or consulted scripture to make a decision or discern a course of action...
What a convicting question? The answer is a long, long time.
This how I related it in an IM conversation...
me* (11:41:52 PM): when's the last time I've gone to the Bible, looking for answers to questions other than ones about the Bible...
laura* (11:43:00 PM): hmmm
laura (11:43:08 PM): that's a good question
laura (11:44:13 PM): maybe you just need more crises in your life!
me (11:45:11 PM): maybe I need to start believing everything that I say I believe about God's Word...
laura (11:45:30 PM): what do you mean exactly by that?
me (11:46:47 PM): ask me what I think about the Bible and I can give a long list of very theologically sound things - with my mouth I confess that the Bible holds a high place with me... but it's not evident in my actions...
me (11:47:25 PM): I have problems all the time... but I certainly don't go to the Bible to look for solutions... I rarely even go to God in prayer about them...
me (11:47:47 PM): I try to work out solutions in my own flesh... which could explain why I feel so tired all the time.
It all goes back to something I learned on this 60-day program I started today...
If I've been wanting to solve these problems because it'll make me feel better, or feel more worthy, or feel like a better Christian - then it's all focused on me, and God is not focused on me. God is focused on God. When I'm focused on me and not on God, we are at odds and I fail in my attempts to solve my problems. But if I'm on the same page as God, that is, if my motivation to change or correct a problem because it will glorify Him, then we're working in concert together. If we're on the same page, then I'll be where the Spirit of the Lord is... and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Because God is sure not going to play a part in helping me to end or correct a selfish practice that only leads to more selfishness or self-idolatry. But God will help me if my focus is where it is supposed to be... on Him and the Radiance of His Glory, Jesus Christ...
Currently...
Spinning - My wheels
Reading - Your mind
Viewing - My next move
Surfing - Safari
Considering - Jesus, the Radiance of the Glory of God
Feeling - Like the morning won't come soon enough
The message put an interesting question to me... when's the last time I really looked to God's Word for answers to life questions... or consulted scripture to make a decision or discern a course of action...
What a convicting question? The answer is a long, long time.
This how I related it in an IM conversation...
me* (11:41:52 PM): when's the last time I've gone to the Bible, looking for answers to questions other than ones about the Bible...
laura* (11:43:00 PM): hmmm
laura (11:43:08 PM): that's a good question
laura (11:44:13 PM): maybe you just need more crises in your life!
me (11:45:11 PM): maybe I need to start believing everything that I say I believe about God's Word...
laura (11:45:30 PM): what do you mean exactly by that?
me (11:46:47 PM): ask me what I think about the Bible and I can give a long list of very theologically sound things - with my mouth I confess that the Bible holds a high place with me... but it's not evident in my actions...
me (11:47:25 PM): I have problems all the time... but I certainly don't go to the Bible to look for solutions... I rarely even go to God in prayer about them...
me (11:47:47 PM): I try to work out solutions in my own flesh... which could explain why I feel so tired all the time.
*not our real screen names
It all goes back to something I learned on this 60-day program I started today...
If I've been wanting to solve these problems because it'll make me feel better, or feel more worthy, or feel like a better Christian - then it's all focused on me, and God is not focused on me. God is focused on God. When I'm focused on me and not on God, we are at odds and I fail in my attempts to solve my problems. But if I'm on the same page as God, that is, if my motivation to change or correct a problem because it will glorify Him, then we're working in concert together. If we're on the same page, then I'll be where the Spirit of the Lord is... and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Because God is sure not going to play a part in helping me to end or correct a selfish practice that only leads to more selfishness or self-idolatry. But God will help me if my focus is where it is supposed to be... on Him and the Radiance of His Glory, Jesus Christ...
Currently...
Spinning - My wheels
Reading - Your mind
Viewing - My next move
Surfing - Safari
Considering - Jesus, the Radiance of the Glory of God
Feeling - Like the morning won't come soon enough
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