"Getting a Grip on Reality"
2 Presuppositions to Run On:
-Pretending is Wrong
-God knows the truth
*If you are trying to please God, then you must live in His reality and truths!
3 Basic Realities of Life:
1. God is. (Hebrews 11:6)
Most times we are more convinced of our circumstances than we are of the existence of our God!
2. God's got our back. (11:6)
-We're not going to trust someone that does not have our back!
-To some, God needs to meet our expectations and give us what we want!
-God loves COMPLETELY, not partially! (Romans 8) We know this because of what He's done, what He's said, and who He is!
3. Jesus is coming. (10:37)
We must live with:
-Expectancy
-Urgency
-Careful living
-Focused living (what is the central purpose in your life?)
-Intentional, purposeful living
Practically Speaking:
1. We need to RESOLVE these issues! Come to a firm decision.
2. When issues come, STEP UP and make the right choice.
3. We will fail, but we've got to PRESS FORWARD.
WALK BY FAITH!
That really just challenged me that I need to be living my life in faith and not living my life in my own land of make believe! I know when things don't go my way I tend to try to pretend they aren't happening and don't go to God about it! There's my biggest mistake! And with keeping all that in mind, it really just leads into my devotional for today for how to follow after that.
My devotional today was by Sharon Jaynes and she talked about how Christ is our source of Living Water and when we trust in Him and put our faith in Him to lead us through life, He will get us through. We are spiritually thirsty people and need so desperately to go to Jesus for our spiritual water. And we can obtain that water through reading His Word! We can't get that spiritual water unless we believe in who Jesus is and what He's done for us and partake of that! It doesn't come by just knowing about Him, hearing about Him, and reading about Him. It's completely by faith and calling Him yours! What a blessed assurance that is to know that Jesus is our Living Water and we never have to be thirsty again! John 7:38, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink." I had two songs come to mind with these two thoughts today.
"Only You Satisfy" by Zach Jones
So hungry, so thirsty for
That which satisfies
This world’s full of broken cisterns
That have left me dry
There’s only one place where I’ll
Find what You made me for
There’s only one true fountain
That satisfies my soul
Only You
You’re the Fountain of living water
Only You satisfy my soul
You’re the source of eternal pleasures
Only You satisfy my soul
That which satisfies
This world’s full of broken cisterns
That have left me dry
There’s only one place where I’ll
Find what You made me for
There’s only one true fountain
That satisfies my soul
Only You
You’re the Fountain of living water
Only You satisfy my soul
You’re the source of eternal pleasures
Only You satisfy my soul
"By Faith" by Keith & Kristyn Getty
By faith we see the hand of God
In the light of creation's grand design
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness
Who walk by faith and not by sight
We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We'll walk by faith and not by sight
In the light of creation's grand design
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness
Who walk by faith and not by sight
We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We'll walk by faith and not by sight