Do you ‘get it’? In His Word
3-26-18
How many times have you sat through a sermon or listened to someone
talk on the radio but you just didn’t get anything from it? Why do you think it
is? Some will blame the preacher or the teacher; I like to think it’s my own
fault when I do not get something from the sermon. After all if I am a Christ
follower then I should be looking to Him for my “Word for the day” not man!
If all I want is to be fed
physically that is all I will get; a full belly. In the same idea; if all I
want is to feel good at church that
is what I will get. I don’t know about you but I want more! I want to grow
closer to God each week; to know more about Him and how to please my heavenly
father! I want Word to live by when I
get spiritually fed.
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the
first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not
solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled
in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of
use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 5:12-14
Each time I pick up my Bible to read it I do so wanting to glean from
the pages, and pages that my God had penned so that I could know Him more. I
can skim the pages and find a special note right now if I look at the marks I
have placed on pages. It is delightful to dig in His Word daily! There is really so much to learn. After all we
do not know everything in the Word…
Let’s do this!
Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your
heart. Psalm 37 says this! It is fast becoming my favorite Psalm!
Trust
in the Lord, and do good; dwell
in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit
your way to the Lord, trust also in Him,
and He shall bring it to
pass.
Psalm
37:3-5
We need to trust God and do good because it is what God wants, not
just because we get something from it. We need t live our lives to please Him,
not self.
We must be taught in order to teach; in order to be taught the Word of
God we must be eager to understand it and pray regarding this very thing.
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in
Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard from me among many
witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also
2 Timothy 2:1-2
Study to show
yourselves right in God’s eyes not man’s, for it is God whom we need to worry
about accepting how we view things, how we speak and how we live.
Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no
profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent
to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle
babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their
message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, who have
strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and
they overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless
the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who
are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Chris depart from iniquity.”
2 Timothy
2:15-19
Since God knows us personally,
(according to 2 Timothy) He knows each of us if we are His, He knows our names,
and He knows our walk; we must strive to walk according to His will, and His
Word. My God will supply all my needs; He will protect me when I call on His
name. If I follow along with His plan for my life things will go much better
for me. If I try to do things according to my plans I may find it more
difficult to get it done; unless my plan is His plan!
In order to get the whole plan from Him I need to seek Him. How do I
seek Him? I seek Him by prayer and meditation on His Word.
How do I know I will find Him when pray and read His Word, my Bible?
It tells me that those who seek Him will find Him when they seek Him
with all their heart. Psalm 119 1-3 says
this!
Blessed are the
undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those
who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart! They also do no
iniquity; they walk in His ways.
We need to try our best to follow what the Word says is right, and not
just what the world says is right; when we are right with God we are right!
Heavenly Father, we ask today for your help in following Your
directions and trusting You to keep our walk on the right path. Help us to find
hope and guidance in Your word today and bless us with the closeness that comes
from spending time with You, in Jesus’ name, amen.
Suggested reading: 2 Timothy 2:1-26, Psalm 119:1-176. Hebrews 5:1-14 and Hebrews 6:1-20