What does God want from me? Have you ever asked yourself that question? I have. Now don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't know the answer, it's just that there are times when I let the weight of my circumstances get to me, I feel overwhelmed, unsure and before you know it I'm thinking to myself Ok, God, what do you want from me? So when I got to Revelation 14:7, a couple of phrases caught my attention. First, "Fear God and give Him glory" and second "worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water." I thought to myself Does this describe me?
So I hope you're up for doing a little a self check up today with me. Here goes. Are we revering God, giving Him the glory and worshipping Him? I find that I do do all these things but I'm not as consistent with them as I'd hope to be and I don't always accomplish them at the same time. Is this your experience as well? I'd love to hear your thoughts on living out this whole package. Tami W.
I too (at times) find myself wrapped up in the world and my daily life of family, freinds, and work. I am lacking in my daily worship and meditation. The love God wants and requires is sometimes difficult to give. I pray often for the patience and focus needed to do that.
It's when pain and weakness sets in that I find myself not being consistantly, completely and faithfully in God's Word. I don't revere Him as I have in the past and don't want to make excuses for my lack of enthuasium for Christ although there are times I am in so much pain or so weak that laying in bed or sittng at my PC is easier because it doesn't take real concentration. I hope and pray everyday to get out of this rut I feel I am in and not be tempted to doubt God is going to or will heal me from this back condition that includes arthritis in the lower lumbar region of my spine in the disks between the lower two vertebraes, L4 and L5 with one of those disks protruding into the nerve in my spine which lead to the diagnosis from my spine pain specialist of spinal stenosis that I've had since Nov. 2008 to present, over 9 months now. It makes doing much of anything painful so really my only means of reading God's Word lately is Christian TV which I have with the local cable company that gave us, my husband and I an option of what programs/packages we wanted. The package we got recently is the Faith & Values Package which gives us I-Life TV, Family Net and TBN which I tune into often while my husband is at work.
I thank the Lord for those channels I can watch to read, see and hear solid Biblical teaching including history lessons and devotionals as well as Christian movies and even games that give me an opportunity to play along and use my brain.
Please add me to your prayer list and contact me however you like as I look forward to encouragement and support from my Sisters In Christ.
Thank you and God Bless you,
Teri M.
Tami,
I feel the same way with not being consistent in my walk with the Lord. I have recently been born again this summer with a fire for the Lord and revering Him who created all things. My walk becomes slow when I think about my circumstances. Specifically witnessing to my wife. She has been hurt so much in the past and was pushed before into "religion" by Jehova's witnesses she has a skewed view of Christianity. I try so hard to witness just by showing my love to her, but when I try and bring up Christ or just listen to Christian radio it turns her "off". Because of this I fear to say the wrong thing however, the only fear I should have is the Father. If I fear to share the word of God then I really am not fearing God, because through Him all things can be done.
I just ask for prayers as I continue my faith and my walk, and prayerfully ask for the Holy Spirit to minister to my wife's heart.
I continue to pray for this ministry that you do Tami, as well as for the Back to the Bible ministry.
Thank you for spreading God's word and people.
Teri & Justin,
Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Our staff at Back to the Bible will pray for your requests expecting God to work in mighty ways. Tami W.