These past couple of days, I've been thinking a lot about the passage where Jesus says, "Seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened..."
This passage reveals a promise from our heavenly savior. Like I've written in my previous posts, when we get used to hearing something, it won't make so much effect.
Take a moment and just think about God and all the blessings He has given you. Think about the size of the Earth and the greatness of our universe. If you believe that He exists and has created all of this, then you should trust His word and believe that He will be faithful.
Seek and you will find. How many times haven't you thought, "God, isn't listening" or "I don't feel Him." Sometimes, we must understand that God makes us wait to produce patience or sometimes it's just not the right time. But other times, be honest, you haven't really sought!
Many times that is the problem. We expect God to come through instantly, but we don't do our part. As I told my friend yesterday, Jesus didn't say "Sit and I'll do all the work."
I know most if not all of us, have met people who physically reflect their purity and their peace. They are on "another level" of spirituality. We can admire these people, but we shouldn't limit ourselves thinking that we can't experience God as they are! The key is to insist, I mean: not pray once a month and read the bible once a year. I mean, really learning who God is, walking in integrity and seeking His will above all.
God calls us to seek, to knock. God desires to hear you, to become a part of you. Jeremiah 33:3, another well-known passage says "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you don't know (NIV)."
These scriptural promises should be more than sufficient encouragement for us to step up and seek God. We cannot just think about what it would be like to seek God.
Let's stop imagining and put God's promises to the test.
Remember that God was faithful before He'll be faithful again. Seek and you WILL find.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Second Droplet: WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
Aren't our planners crammed with things to do and errands to run? I know mine usually is. Sometimes being so busy is detrimental to our growth in spirituality.
How so?
When I think about days where I'm really overwhelmed with work, I get so focused on getting things done, that I completely ignore everything else around me, even people.
Today I decided to rest. I took about an hour and sat in the front yard with my bible and the book, Crazy Love by Francis Chan (BUY IT, LIVE IT, IT'S AMAZING). I also had a notebook and a pen. I started writing down my prayers and I simply started asking God to help me walk in the spirit.
After this I continued to read Luke, I'm determined to read all gospels (two down, two more to go). And I noticed in chapter four verse one it said, "Jesus, led by the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit..."
God has not set us out alone in this world to suffer for our sins. He has given us the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide us and to bless us.
Galatians 5:22-23 is a text most people know, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
It's such a beautiful thing to experience these fruits!
Today as I prayed to walk in the Spirit, I looked at everything around me and began to reflect. And after reading a couple of chapters of Luke, I got up and just contemplated the great hill filled with trees in front of my house and then the sky.
I paused. I saw the great beautiful sky with different shaded clouds. All I could think was, "How in the world could someone believe that this beauty and the diversity of the Earth was created by molecular collision or explosion, or whatever nonsense it is...?"
And I was just so filled with joy and I praised God in my heart, because I knew the Spirit within me was revealing the blessings that we ignore when we don't take the time to pause.
"Cristina, filled with the Holy Spirit, got up from her chair, and led by the Spirit contemplated the beauty that her God has created..."
Can you walk in the Spirit and make your version of this verse?
Praise God for the blessings we receive through the Holy Spirit.
How so?
When I think about days where I'm really overwhelmed with work, I get so focused on getting things done, that I completely ignore everything else around me, even people.
Today I decided to rest. I took about an hour and sat in the front yard with my bible and the book, Crazy Love by Francis Chan (BUY IT, LIVE IT, IT'S AMAZING). I also had a notebook and a pen. I started writing down my prayers and I simply started asking God to help me walk in the spirit.
After this I continued to read Luke, I'm determined to read all gospels (two down, two more to go). And I noticed in chapter four verse one it said, "Jesus, led by the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit..."
God has not set us out alone in this world to suffer for our sins. He has given us the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide us and to bless us.
Galatians 5:22-23 is a text most people know, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
It's such a beautiful thing to experience these fruits!
Today as I prayed to walk in the Spirit, I looked at everything around me and began to reflect. And after reading a couple of chapters of Luke, I got up and just contemplated the great hill filled with trees in front of my house and then the sky.
I paused. I saw the great beautiful sky with different shaded clouds. All I could think was, "How in the world could someone believe that this beauty and the diversity of the Earth was created by molecular collision or explosion, or whatever nonsense it is...?"
And I was just so filled with joy and I praised God in my heart, because I knew the Spirit within me was revealing the blessings that we ignore when we don't take the time to pause.
"Cristina, filled with the Holy Spirit, got up from her chair, and led by the Spirit contemplated the beauty that her God has created..."
Can you walk in the Spirit and make your version of this verse?
Praise God for the blessings we receive through the Holy Spirit.
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