I decided to start today in the New Testament with Matthew. I just want to say how much I love the book of Matthew. He is a great writer and Matthew has become one of my favorite gospels. One of my favorite things that he does is throughout the book he gives you Old Testament prophecies. He is telling us that this Jesus is the Messiah and is giving us back up for it! I will talk a bit about that from time to time.
Today I read in chapters 1 and 2. What really stuck out to me was how God uses people that many do not believe can be used. In the geneology there is mention of Rahab (a prostitute) and Bathsheba and David (who commited adultry together). David also had Uriah Killed. Nevertheless, God used these people in powerful ways because of their faithfulness and they were able to be part of the bloodline of Jesus Christ- the Son of God! How cool is that!
I also looked into the geneology that was during the exile. Even through that horrible time (which many Jews stayed exiled for a long time e.g. Esther) God's plan was still working. Even though you are in different circumstances where you do not believe that God is at work- He always is! Praise God.
I also loved how the book of Matthew calls Joseph a righteous man! He did what most people would not do out of love and mercy. How much more is our Father righteous and loving and merciful? So much more.
In reading through the Psalms I am reminded that my God is and should be EVERYTHING to me. I can go to him in my sorrows and despairs. He is merciful, loving, gracious. He is my refuge, counselor, saviour, healer, my joy, peace, and safety. What more do I need? Why do I seek other things when all my needs can be filled in Him!
Genesis 1-5 is very interesting. I love knowing how powerful my God is and how He showed that by creating all that is in the earth. I also think it is really neat that God created woman to be man's helper and all that entails (I have learned a lot from the Doctrine Series). I love also seeing God's righteousness through all of the sin. He is such a righteous God but still so merciful and loving- even though he kicks Adam and Eve out of the garden he makes them clothes to wear. He is such a loving God.
One thing I noticed that I need to look more into was in the geneology leading up to Noah. After all of them it says, "He lived however many years and was no more". With Enoch it says nothing more then he walked faithfully with the Lord (2 times I might add)! I wonder why that was different than all the others?
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