Ohhhh man I am so excited for this semester to be over. I wrote 3 final papers this week and I
still have 4 final exams to go over the next week and a half! I found time to listen to the
devotionals and keep up with all of your posts despite school work - thank you for everything you have written because it has been so encouraging to read these each day! I am just a little late on the week 2 post so here we go:
Earlier this week a friend of mine gave a message at this
gathering called GreekLife which is like a bible study for Christians in the
greek system – He touched on the idea of freedom and what that
means: what God was setting us free from and what he was setting us free
for. He gave this image of being literally shackled to your sin and Christ has the key that sets you free from those chains. Imagine you are a prisoner to something and you are constantly chained to it. You hate that thing. It is destructive in your life. It brings you down. It holds you back. But then Christ comes in and sets you free - he removes the shackles. Wouldn't you immediately run away from that thing? And run toward the person who set you free? And throw yourself onto them?
That's where I thought of the devotional - faith in God = throwing yourself on God.
But all too often, we like to hang around the things that God has set us free from. The chains are removed but we still like to stay close by, almost within arms reach. Instead of taking steps of faith in God and towards God, we go back to those things that we know are not good for us.
"But the Lord" - I love how God can intervene in our lives at any point to change the story. We may sway from his path but he will be sure to show us the way back again. Looking back I have certainly seen ways in which God has intervened in my life. I knew the path, I swayed from it, and God placed a big old roadblock in my way with a detour sign back to Him.
And lastly I loved the reminder that "a journey of faith takes place one step at a time". The choice to follow Jesus, to run from sin and throw ourselves on to Him, is a choice that must be made every day and I also think in every moment. How am I going to live this day? Who or what am I going to live for in this moment? Every day has its own battles, but how am I going to respond to each challenge and temptation that comes my way - will I throw it and myself on the one who redeemed me and loves me? I sure hope so.
That's where I thought of the devotional - faith in God = throwing yourself on God.
But all too often, we like to hang around the things that God has set us free from. The chains are removed but we still like to stay close by, almost within arms reach. Instead of taking steps of faith in God and towards God, we go back to those things that we know are not good for us.
"But the Lord" - I love how God can intervene in our lives at any point to change the story. We may sway from his path but he will be sure to show us the way back again. Looking back I have certainly seen ways in which God has intervened in my life. I knew the path, I swayed from it, and God placed a big old roadblock in my way with a detour sign back to Him.
And lastly I loved the reminder that "a journey of faith takes place one step at a time". The choice to follow Jesus, to run from sin and throw ourselves on to Him, is a choice that must be made every day and I also think in every moment. How am I going to live this day? Who or what am I going to live for in this moment? Every day has its own battles, but how am I going to respond to each challenge and temptation that comes my way - will I throw it and myself on the one who redeemed me and loves me? I sure hope so.
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