What Do My Actions Speak?

As I prepare for this week's lesson for the Journey Class, I am humbled yet again. The more I read the book, Unlimiting God, and the more I study THE Book; the more I realize that I am not a great person to be teaching others anything about Unlimiting God. The more I realize the issues I have in my own life. I simply ask that God will use me in the class in spite of what my past or present actions look like.

This week's study is on the power of God. There are so many potential Scripture references about God's power. To just offer a couple of examples though... He created the universe. That is pretty impressive. He died and then juiced His life back up. Not too many of us could pull that one off either. I mean God has pretty righteous power.

So as I look at myself in my own spiritual mirror, I look at my life and actions and have to ask myself - why? Why do I live life on the negative side sometimes? Why do I allow myself to seem defeated? Why do I spend wasted time pouting? If God is really this powerful Being, a Being that I say I put my trust in... why does my life reflect a person that sometimes has little hope?

I confess to you, the reader, and I confess to my powerful God... I am sorry! Thank You God for putting up with a guy like me. Lord help my unbelief. Thank You for being bigger than anything I have ever or will ever face. Thank You for the removal of my sin.

Love That We Can't Understand...

We are going through an incredible book in the Journey Class at church - Unlimiting God by Richard Blackaby. The more I read the book the more I am getting to know who God is; and yet at the same time the more I realize how much more there is to know of God.

This morning we talked about God's immeasurable love for us. His love is truly amazing and beyond what the human mind can grasp. The Bible says that as God loves His Son, Jesus, that Jesus loves us on that same level (John 15:9). The familiar verse John 3:16 say "For God SO loved the world..." I like the word "so". It puts even an extra emphasis on the depth of His love.

If you click the title of the post you will be directed to a video clip from the Passion movie. It is only about 5 minutes long. This reminds me of His love. It is hard to not be moved watching the video because I know it was my sins that He had to do what He did. He did it because He wants me to hang out with Him... forever. There had to be a price paid for my mistakes. In seeing the video, you see how awesome love is but you will also see how ugly the cost of sin is.

My sins are numerous... I am so thankful for the Father's love that says to me "What sin?" I don't understand it and never will, but thank God for what He did. I pray that I will never take for granted what it cost.