An extra tid bit: God has told me to read only my bible for the next six months (unless it is related to school). You see, I'm a big reader. I enjoy it; it's my way of escape. However, if I have extra time on my hands to be pleasure reading, God wants me to DEVOTE myself to reading HIS word, HIS truth. If I have an ounce of extra time, I want to STUDY my bible, know it back and front. I want to SEEK Him with everything in me! Knowing that I'm not to touch anything but my bible and material that will help my understand my bible, Matt and I went to Mardels to bible shop. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of bibles; there was no NEED for one. But Matt is ecstatic about his new journaling bible and how it's changing his life. I wanted a part in that too. So I picked up a new TNIV wide margin bible, ready to dig deep.
And thus, we have arrived at my discoveries in the word this morning. Since it is a new bible, I wanted to start off in Jeremiah 29 because my life verse is Jeremiah 29:11. As I'm reading the letter to the exiles, I get to verse 11 and smile.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (TNIV)
Isn't that encouraging?! He has PLANS for us; we are here on Earth for a PURPOSE. He wants to grow us and give us HOPE. I have a BRIGHT FUTURE ahead of me because God has determined it.
However, somehow I always manage to forget how impacting the two follow verses are:
"Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (TNIV)
Ya'll, if you CALL on Him, He's LISTENING. He is always listening! Our powerful, almighty, HUGE God is RIGHT there. If you SEEK Him with all your heart, He's RIGHT THERE! How WONDERFUL is it to be reminded that the God we serve is not some distant God that doesn't have time or love or energy for us?! He's holding your hand through the struggles and celebrating with you in your joys.
Proverbs 3:5&6 states: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight."
Today, I am going to strive to remember to TRUST in Him, to LEAN on Him and not myself. Today I want to seek Him with my heart and submit to Him with my thoughts and actions so that I can take joy in the wonderful plans He has for me.
This is what the ETC Revolution is all about: knowing the word of God so that it might change your thoughts, thoughts to actions and actions to lives. Interested in becoming part of the movement? Email me at kaitywilson.etcrevolution@yahoo.com .
LOVE,
Kaity
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