Wow, has it really been a month? It feels like I wrote on here just a couple of days ago! So much has happened in my life since I last wrote, and I feel like I'm a completely new person.
So far, Ecclesia has been great. I'm learning a ton of exciting things in all of my classes, and I'm soaking in so many good things that God is showing me right now. I think the only thing that bothers me is that I'm too busy. I haven't been able to connect with a lot of the new students, and my determination to achieve high marks rubs a lot of people the wrong way. However, I'm content with my study mentality.
One thing that God has been showing me lately is that I need to actively pursue Him, as He actively pursues me. A verse that came to my mind today was Luke 9:23 in which Jesus says, "If anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. What a great reminder of what worship should look like! All Jesus asks of us is so simple, but it starts with realizing that we are nothing without the incomprehensible power of our Lord. A book that I'm currently reading, "Real Worship" by Warren Wiersbe, makes a pretty good point:
"Mystery and Humility go together, and there can be no real worship without humility. God reveals Himself but He rarely explains Himself. Christians don't live on explanations; they live on promises and on deepening relationships. To some congregations, the unpardonable sin in ministry is for the pastor to admit, "I don't know," but the church should know better. God deliberately keeps some secrets so that you and I will stay humble and learn to trust Him, even when we don't understand what He's doing. He understands, and that's all that matters."
I love that we have a God that we can't fully understand, and I can't wait to find out about Him when I get to heaven and He says, "Well done, My good and faithful servant."
God Bless,
~Matt
You posted on your blog! It's great to hear from you. I'm glad you're doing so well and growing in the Lord.
ReplyDelete"God deliberately keeps some secrets so that you and I will stay humble and learn to trust Him, even when we don't understand what He's doing. He understands, and that's all that matters."
ReplyDeleteJosh and I just learned that lesson. Yesterday, we had an appointment with the doctor where we thought we'd learn the gender of the baby (I'm expecting, in case you didn't know) and, lo and behold - the clinic didn't do the ultrasound and we had no idea why. I was pretty disappointed, but decided to let it rest on Him.
Last night, I run into my doctor's nurse at my cousin's house. It was a lady I had never seen, but just by 'coincidence' spoke with her on the phone just minutes before I left for my cousin's. She was appalled that we had to wait 4 more weeks for an ultrasound.
She called this morning at 8:15 asking us if we could come Monday morning for an ultrasound.
God is great! I know it sounds silly, but it really meant a lot. Learning to trust over the smallest things is what I struggle with. So it was just neat for me.
I enjoyed to post. Praying for you.