Journal

4-1-05
The Time Has Come
Today, once again I read in Oswald and the one-year Bible. It was awesome I have started to see the many things we can draw from O.T Scripture. God put it there for a reason imagine that! and it wasn’t to bore us!
So anyway, in the very first part of the Deut. passage I was reading in today it talks about priests and some of the requirements for them. And made the statement that basically said; they were not to have a job because God was there portion. As I thought about this I realized how much this applies to me, I need not worry about finances because the God who created me and the whole world and the ability to make money, is completely able to provide.
Also God in the one-year Bible showed me that sometimes I am laying in wait just waiting for my opportunity to slander/hurt someone. The passage talks about wanting to kill your neighbor but in the N.T Christ tells us that if we even think harm another than we have committed this sin. As I thought about it started to really sink in that when I think about how much I dislike someone I am doing the thing as really acting out those thoughts. Man… this whole living righteously thing is really hard, but what an amazing help we have in Christ our intercessor. He is there whenever I am week and need help. The issue for me is taking hold of that help and allowing Him to do what He wants so bad to do. That is help me to make the right decisions and choose to have to the right thoughts.
It is only by His strength do I make anything out of myself and only through Him to I find a place to rest my head.

My prayer today, is that I would allow God to work in me to think and act in a way that is not only right but is glorifying to Him. And that I would seek to be heartful, instead of hurtful towards others, even those I do not like (but am called to love). Also I pray that I would rely on His provision and not my own, if I am relying on self than I am in big trouble!


In Him
Nathan