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"Cause us to hear Your lovingkindness for on You do we lean and in You do we trust. Cause us to know the way wherein we should walk, for we lift up our inner self to You." Psalm 143:8
"Cause us to hear Your lovingkindness for on You do we lean and in You do we trust. Cause us to know the way wherein we should walk, for we lift up our inner self to You." Psalm 143:8
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In Matthew, the faith of the disciples challenges me. They left everything, even their family immediately to follow Jesus. There's a part of me that still wants to go my own way and still wants to remain in the comfort zone.
I think I'm like the pharisees in Acts, "filled with jealousy" when others are doing God's work. I have a tendency to crave the spotlight and I judge others when they're serving, especially back home. =T Verse 38 was encouraging: "For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God." Also, verse 41: "The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name." I don't know if I'm willing to suffer for Jesus' sake.
In Psalm I liked the verses about how God cares for the oppressed, and esp verse 10 "you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you." Verse 20 is my prayer: "Strike them with terror, O Lord; let the nations know they are but men." I must learn humility.
In Genesis, it was cool how Rebekah came out even before the servant finished his prayer. God indeed provides!
In this reading I was just really marveling at Rebekah and her extreme faith and obedience at following a complete stranger to a future husband that she never knew before. I think it is a reminder of how much I need to follow and be pliant to His calling as well!
Peter and Andrew straightway left their nets, and followed him. James and John immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. The leaving of ships and nets and fathers comes BEFORE the following of Jesus. In order to be true followers, we must first leave everything behind.
I feel like a lot of what I get out of these scriptures is that I have to leave something behind. Hmmm.. I think God's trying to tell me something...
Acts 5:19-20 reminded me of that speaker (forgot her name) who said that we were not rescued FROM, but FOR. The angel of the Lord opened the prison doors with a specific command: to go and speak in the temple all the words of this life. Similarly, when God rescues or frees us from something, it is so that we are able to profess his name.
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