Yesterdays post was really long. I was debating on how I could do this and make it shorter. I don't need to recap every single point I already know, I need to focus on things that God is saying to me at the time. I am going to try to make these posts shorter and focus on my spiritual journey through the Bible.
With this being said, my spiritual journey has not been the best lately. I have not been leaning on Him like I should. I decided to do this so I would have a plan on studying His word and he would again bring Himself closer to me.
I am always amazed at how the devil twists God's word. I saw this yesterday in Genesis and today in Matthew. I know that the devil has tried to do that to me before as well, specifically on things that I have trouble with (i.e. drinking). Thankfully a close relationship to God combats all of that. I am so thankful for the Word of God that I can look to that is written for me so I never have to wonder. I also thought about "fishers of men today" and it took me back to Bro Pauls message on real fisherman and ones who go out and fish. I want to be a real fisher of men!
I also thought about how God is the protector of the poor and opressed like it talked about in Psalms today. This makes me think about IJM and all the other humanitarian missions out there. God did not just call us to help those who spiritually need help and nothing else. He called us to help those who are opressed. We need to emulate Jesus and go to those people, meet them where they are. We cannot just stay on the sidelines and pretend like we don't see. We cannot say, "You just need to pray more or accept Jesus into your heart." While that is important, that cannot be the only thing we do. That promotes a careless and does not help with the intentional walk with Jesus!
I'll be back tomorrow. Hopefully God will continue to draw me close to Him and open my eyes to His word like they have never been opened before! That is my prayer!
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