Living In His Word-
10-27-14
Do you long for the
moments you can spend with the Lord in His Word, your Bible? Do you walk
through your day full of thoughts that you gleaned in your morning reads? Do
you think about it on the way home and relish the though that you can curl up
with not just ‘a good book’ but ‘The Good Book’ when you get home? Not many do, but sometimes I can’t wait to
finish a chapter I am reading to see what God is going to do for, or with, the
people I am reading about.
I love a good book
read! Whether it is a novel or a bible study, or even a daily devotional I love
getting something from time spend devouring the author’s ideas on paper. It’s
almost as if I am living in the book I read and am one of the characters taking
part in the fantastic life story I am joining in as I turn the pages.
Some of my favorite
novels have been stories about people who grew up trying to do the right things
and ended up in all kinds of trouble and problems and looked to God for a way
out. Some times they make it out but occasionally it is only the beginning of
their turmoil because after all if I good writer doesn't leave you in suspense
of the next book they would not sell it to you!
God’s Word does that!
God has had it written in a way that each chapter, each book, leads you to the
final outcome…but wait!
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your
heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalm 27:14
Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut
off, you shall see it.
Psalm 37:34
So as we go through our day struggling to
complete the tasks that pile up on our desks and counters we need to remember
that we are waiting on God to complete the next book in our life series!
Hebrews 4:11-13
What will your life
story say? Will it say you wasted time on yourself? That you spent your time
and efforts on things that the wind and waves blew and tossed away; or will
your story say you did the best you could with what you had?
Let’s face it we do
not always have the best things in life when we are growing up as children,
many parents have no clue how to raise a child and others could care less about
it all; but God has a way of drawing us out of that cesspool of life and
bringing us to something more. He will bring the right people into our lives
that will invite us to church, to fellowship with believers or just to hang out
and have fun playing volley ball with people whom we never thought we would
find ourselves hanging with. Good people, if there are such a thing, who love
one another and share their food and goods with you as well as their time and
efforts really do exist! They are not only in fairy-tales, but real life people
who honestly care enough to bring you food when your cupboards are down to the last
bowl of ramen noodles. God has sent such people into my life’s chapters again and
again.
I can recall a chapter
in my life in which I was living my dreams or a story book tale; I had a little
cottage in the woods and it was beautiful. There is one Christmas Eve in my life story, that I like to reread from
year to year. I was going to be alone for Christmas that year but I wasn't
alone for God had set in motion a plan to make sure I was never alone.
There were gifts from
the children I taught at preschool and day care under my tree. I had Christmas
music playing on my stereo cassette player and I was sipping cocoa by my wood
stove garbage burner. The air outside was crisp from recent snow and I had an
idea that I wanted to go Christmas Caroling! The only problem being I had no
one with me to carol with. God sent the Halls, a family I was good friends
with, to my door Caroling! I joined in
with them and we wandered our neighborhood singing up util we reached the
Jacobson home and we were invited in.
I have to say at this
point I thought I was living not just a story from a book but the movie version
as well! I walked in to a house full of people! I was handed a hot cup of mocha
and invited to sip some Clam soup! I looked around at my church family; Pastor
and Mama Louise Frye, the youth Pastor and his wife Terri, and a few other
people were singing along with us as we gathered in the lovely home of Judy
Jacobson and her husband.
Tears came to my eyes
when I realized that God had created a scene from my life’s story wishes for me
to live.
Life is an open book,
and God is still working on writing it!
While our lives do not
always go the way we think they will, there are often cliff hangers and ‘didn't
see that coming’ chapters; God is still writing our stories and if we don’t
give up on our Hero He will come through
for us when we need Him.
So many people in the
Bible went through crazy things, from Jonah and his big boat building, floating
on the ocean world looking for land chapters to Esther and her becoming a queen
so she can die but not really story; God has been writing amazing stories for
ever! We are just here to live the Word!
We are told to walk in
Him, with His Spirit, with Jesus, and in His Word we can do so!
Each day when you dig
into the Word of God, your Bible and glean from its wisdom look to God the
Author and the finisher of your story! Ask Him how this information can be
applied to the chapter you are in right now and live in it!
Dear Heavenly Father
thank you for writing our stories. The suspense, the excitement and the sorrow
all flows together and builds in us a trust in You to bring us through. Help us
today to glean from the Bible and apply it to this chapter, in Jesus name,
amen.
Suggested Reading:
Psalm 27: 1-14, Psalm 37:1-40, Isaiah 30:1-33, Isaiah 40:1-31 and 1 Peter 1:1-25