The first word that comes to my mind is thankful. I am thankful for all the wonderful family and friends that God has placed around me. As I wrote that, Chloe interrupted by scratching the door for me to let her outside, and for this...I am thankful. I wish she would teach Ellie this now too~! Seriously though, I am thankful for the work that God is doing everywhere. It amazes me how He works right here in Herndon, VA...and is working in peoples lives in Wisconsin also. Not that this fact should amaze me. I know that God is everywhere and always at work. It's just encouraging to me to hear of His work in others lives. We serve a living God, and for that I am thankful.
Some thoughts from conversations I've had today.
* Not only do we serve a living God, but we serve a God who has already conquered sin. Am I living a life in defeat or am I claiming the victory that the Lord has won? Romans 8:37 - "In all things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
*Philippians 2:5 (NIV) - "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus" and to that I reply- What was the attitude of Christ Jesus? To which Paul says in the following verses..."He took on the nature of a servant, He humbled himself, and became obedient- even to the death on the cross" I must put these things into practice. Todd talked about this at church tonight...which was a bit ironic seeing as the words "I'm not your servant" came out of my mouth today. And to all of this, the Lord has been reminding me yesterday and today that Isaiah 53:7 says "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth" It is not my responsibility to open my mouth with that last word that I so need to get in. Thank you Lord for reminding me of these things. Jesus did not have to die on the cross, but He was obedient and because of that I now have a way to Heaven. To spend my life bringing glory and honour to my Lord. This is not only my responsibility, but my desire. All of that due to the question what is my attitude suppose to look like?
* 2 Corinthians 10:5b "and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." My friend Rebecca reminded me of this verse as I told her that my mind kept thinking of other things other than the service at church tonight. She reminded me that we need to practice controlling our thoughts and taking them captive. I was so thankful that she reminded me of this verse. It also ties into what Allison and I were talking about today. We need to be meditating on the Word of God...putting it in our hearts and thinking on it while we are doing other things. Things like walking my dogs, washing the dishes, folding the clothes, driving to work. We cannot let the business of this world steal our time to meditate on God's Word. Psalm 119:11 says "Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee." When our thoughts are saturated with the Word of God, it then becomes who we are. Not just a task that I must complete. We think about what we love. I do love my crafts, and tonight...my mind was thinking of the next purse I was going to make and how I could make it better. My prayer is going to be Psalm 119:18 "Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law"
These are just a few of the thoughts that have been going through my head today.
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