I was so excited to see answers in God’s Word moments after I journaled a prayer in my Awaken by Priscilla Shirer journal. I wanted to do a live video to share about it. But…it’s HOT and I didn’t think anyone needed to see me sweating and squinting in the sunshine. For those of you who have followed along or heard my ramblings this year, again I am being reminded about being obedient and the blessings that follow. I had selected the word “purpose” to focus on this year but it seems God had other plans.
To begin my few moments of quiet before the children or grandchildren found me, I was reading Matthew Chapter 4 and I underlined verses 19-20 in my bible. This is where Jesus tells Simon Peter and Andrew “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” The Bible tells us immediately they dropped their nets and followed him. I know I have touched on this before but today I also noted how they did not ask questions, they did not wonder how they were going to eat or have necessities. They did not worry about how they were going to provide for their families. They simply listened and followed him.
I next moved to the devotional which was titled “Hearing is Believing” and spoke about David and Goliath. The journal prompt question was “What types of things are your fiercest battles saying to you right now?” I journaled about the implications of being unemployed and going to grad school and incurring further debt. I wrote about feeling tired and that nobody or nothing gets the best of me or all of me- everyone gets a little but I can’t fully surrender. I ended my journaling with this prayer:
Lord, Help me to commit fully to You and to the roles you have placed me in – to the people you place before me. Help me to show your love and commitment o to others. Pick me up when I fall – remove the sense of failing from my life. Help me to trust in you! Amen
After journaling I like to look up the verses that are included in the devotional. The second verse today is Isaiah 50:4-5 which is titled “The Obedient Servant” and it says: “The Lord has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning: he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed. The LORD God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back.”
This sums up so many of the lessons I have already been learning this year. Listen to hear, be obedient, share with others, be blessed!
While there are days of doubts, days when I don’t give my best to anyone, I still move on- small steps at a time. Listening for the Lord, sharing his word and being blessed when what is written here touches the lives of one of you. I guess that’s why your feedback is so important to me. It encourages my soul and my obedience with blessings that I am able to see here and now because I know God’s plans include blessings for others that I will never know about on this side of Heaven.
Until next time 🙂
Dwell in Him, In His Word, With His People!
gena
Gena Christofferson 