This was one of my Journal entry's for one of my classes so I just copied and pasted it so the beginning part probably won't make sense. I haven't posted a blog in awhile so here it is.
This chapter is so necessary to where we are in this program. If I may I'll quote Susannah.. a lot of times we feel like slaves and not sons and daughters of our Lord. I think we need to keep in mind, "No one on earth posseses more authority than Jesus, yet He never defended Himself before authorities." I feel like a lot of times I'm frustrated and confused because I'm getting asked to do things I don't quite understand. Especially in my track time. I get asked to do certain things but because everyone is pressed for time they can't explain to me what I'm doing and why. I just do it and it's incredibly frustrating and I don't feel like I'm gaining anything. But in reality I am and God knows I am.
We're taught to stand up for ourselves but no one ever told us to take harsh ridcruel, this kind of throws all of the foundation of our thoughts out the window. It's so strange to think to bite our lip and not justify our situation because Jesus did not do that. Whoa... Jesus did not stand up for himself and he took it all for someone else. That someone else is me. We think of hard times as building character but never viewed it as a blessing."He uses it to set us up for a blessing." But we need to humble ourselves and allow that blessing to come. I loved this verse, "He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly" 1 Peter 2:23 It's hard to remember we're not of this world when we don't know of anything else. This is just temporary and we need to be treated unfairly and be broken because "a prerequisite for intimacy with the Lord is a broken heart." How will we ever truly know how much we need to cling to him if we have it all together? I think keeping in mind that nothing gets by God and realizing that he is the ultimate judge.
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