What Do You a want

What Do You Want?

John 1:32-39 NIV

“The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” 

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” 

“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” 

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.”

 Jesus asks us the question, “What do we want?”

Many times we know what we don’t want but we are unsure of what we do want.  Too often we run after the wrongs things and find ourselves not fulfilled- still empty. The disciples recognized Jesus as the teacher(Rabbi) and followed him. After spending time with him they knew him as Messiah (the deliverer). 

When we can answer that we want Jesus, everything else falls into place. 

We learn more and more of him as our teacher through Holy Spirit, our deliverer who brings us out of traumatic situations. We seek him first and all these things are added. The key here is to want him. Spend time just basking in his presence of peace as you hear from him. enough for now.

We Ca Do It

Psalm 86:11 NRSV

“Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.”

We are all students of God’s love. Each day we grow more into who we are and what he has for us. There are so many things demanding our attention, but this is priority. To hear from God, to settle in his way. To unlearn the striving for everything else that society has taught us. 

Yes, we want to be successful in our endeavors, and God wants that for us. But we want to hear from him, and work out of what we hear, not what everyone else says. 

That’s that undivided heart- a heart that desires to please God in all we do. No, we are not perfect, but we try each day to move in a spirit of excellence, in all we do. How does it happen? By listening and following Holy Spirit’s lead. enough for now.

Trust

Matthew 18:2-4 NRSV

“He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.””

Watch a child who is loved. You will notice a few things. They have a surety in who they are because of that love. We too must have a surety  in ourselves because of our faith in God. As with a child’s trust, we must hold on to that child’s faith, that Jesus has us. Sometimes, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ We can rely on Jesus, now that means in all things. Not just the ‘Sunday’ things but in all things. We trust that he has us, we trust that he guides, we trust that he is making our way. Even when we lose the way- he guides us back. 

Watch what God is doing! Trust what God is doing. enough for now.

You Are My Friend

James 2:23 (NRSV)

“Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.”

Patti Belle has a song “You Are MyFriend.” I love the song, more than that I love knowing that God is my friend.

You see, have that same intimacy with God now as Abraham. My my, a friend of God. We sometimes miss that we are that close to him, that he hears and answers. We are special to him, we are his beloved. Let us not miss how he loves us, and how he lifts our cares as we commune with him. Too often we tell others about our struggles and never tell him. Yes he knows, but he wants us to have conversation with him. 

Society will say it is about who you know. Yes, it is about who you know, and we know God and we are known by God. That is special. Let that rest in your spirit today. Walk in that knowledge. more later.

Praise Him

Prov. 13:14 (NIV)

“From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.”

Good morning. There is something about giving God thanks. About praising God. We don’t do it to get something back, but we do it because he is worthy. And when we focus on the positive that comes out of our mouths, we see what can happen. Thanking God, and working to his glory makes a difference- in whatever we do. 

Happy Father’s Day! 

Not Our Talk but Our Walk

Mark 11:12-14 NRSV

“On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.”

We to say that Jesus cursed the fig tree. He withdrew the blessing of life. If the leaves were there, the fruit should have been there. But The tree was out of season for leafing or bearing fruit. It was early.  The tree was a many people,”Talking loud, saying nothing.” The fig tree represented Israel and they were not producing as they should have. 

We too are to produce in season - not running ahead of what God wants. But in season- when he says and how he says. And then we will fruitful for him. Everything we do should point back to him. God has blessed us in so many ways, and yes all we must do is be ready - by our walk and our talk. Love you all.

Bless His Name

Psalm 34:1-3 NRSV

“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.”

Blessings on this day of Pentecost! The birth of the church. You can go back and read Acts 2 for the powerful move of Holy Spirit. But I want us to hold on to a different passage- Psalm 34:1. “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” 

Just that right there. If we are continually praising him the there will be no room for any negativity. And the more we stay there - the more we bless the Lord and the more we are blessed. Just as the disciples and believers were gathered in that place together, let us be gathered together in this psalm of praise. Let us continually praise his name. Let us continually bless the Lord. enough for now.