Today has been one of those that just make me love Jesus so much more. After taking an exam and turning in alot of my projects I had a quiet time and just really felt God so close to me, hasn't been that way recently because I havent allowed Him to be but just listening to music I really felt him near me, I begin to cry, to cry tears of joy, tears of happiness, tears of thankfulness. I didn't have to say anything the Spirit knew what to say for me. It was so great to have that experience. God showed me in James 1 that if we endure through the hardships, to hold tight to our faith and now be tossed like waves in the sea that we will be given a crown of life. He promises us that crown if we Love Him. A scripture that hit me hard was James 1:8 "An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways." This spoke to me in the fact that I need to be more decisive, God tells us to just come to Him in faith and believing and He will provide, He will answer. That really energized me for the day then I listened to a video where people debated "Does Satan Exist?" Through this debate I was made aware of the assurance I have in believing in Jesus. Then after that I listened to a sermon by Mark Driscoll talking about how God loves us and why we were created. He talked alot about how we were created to glorify God, how He created us to be in His image. We are created to be His image-bearers, to reflect HIS glory. We can't reflect His glory without His Son Jesus, without Jesus we are not able to communicate with God, not able to live a life full of purpose and passion. How do we reflect this Glory? 1. Submit to God and His authority. 2. Worshipping God (Mind, Body, Soul) 3. Represent God with Truth and Justice 4. Serving God, expanding the Kingdom, leading people to Jesus 5. Love people of all races. 6. Respect all human life. The way to do this is to have a relationship with God by repenting of Sin consistently, trusting in Jesus, by being connected to people, to not be just for myself but for others. Being apart of a church family growing in faith, showing the glory of God to others so that we can all mirror Jesus together. So my question to everyone and myself is: Are we reflecting the glory of God in everything we do, say, and think? Are we allowing Jesus to reflect out of us? Are we letting the image to become distorted because of our sin?
I thought about that and prayed, God showed His love to me when I was able to talk to a roommate. God really just showed me that He loves us and that He wants us to love people by spending time investing in their lives. God spoke through my friend and just really made me realize that I have been reflecting His glory that I have been making an impact in peoples lives because of the effort to just live by example when I don't always have the words to say. How great of day is that? To be able to hear God speak through people you wouldn't think He would!
I am just so amazed that God loves us so much even though we drift away from Him when we sin, but He is just there waiting for us to kill our sin and come back to His loving arms!! I would like to encourage everyone that no matter how much you feel like you can't be close to God, you can all you have to do is draw near to Him in your heart, your thoughts and your will and He will be there for you. Just ask while believing and you will receive. (Mark 11:24)
God is too good for us to miss out on His overflowing LOVE, HOPE, PEACE, JOY, GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITHFULNESS each day. So don't let things in life keep you from experiencing Him and reflecting His glory!
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