Thankful November #13
Today was week two of an expository look at 1 John. He’s not using 1 John to enhance another subject or to prove an outside point. First John IS the subject! For some reason, that kind of preaching just fills me to overflowing. I can munch on it all week. I re-read the scripture, re-write my notes, listen a 2nd time, and pray through all the material. What I heard in one 40-minute sermon can last all week.
I remember the days when my kids were small. I don’t think I did anything in the bathroom totally alone for 5 years. Prior to that, I spent hours studying, if I chose to, but once those 3 little ones came along in rapid succession, I struggled to find an uninterrupted hour. Satan heaped piles of guilt on me and made me feel barely saved because I wasn’t reading or praying enough. Believe me, I was praying a lot. You won’t survive 3 kids in diapers if you don’t pray without ceasing! You mothers know what I mean! Still, I felt that somehow I had failed God.
One day all the kids were miraculously asleep at the same time. I desperately needed a shower and the thought of standing under the hot water until it ran out was more than I could resist. Of course, as soon as I stepped into that warm, steamy shower, the devil tried to make me feel guilty for not using that time for God. It was then that God brought this scripture to my mind:
"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.” Deuteronomy 8:3
It was then I realized that God knew where I was in life. Just as I fed my children, He would feed me. Just one word from Him could feed me for an entire day, if necessary. Oh, what freedom that brought. Instead of worrying about the amount of time I was spending, I relished every minute that I got to spend with God because I knew whether it was fast food or a buffet, God would feed me everything I needed that day. Oh, how wonderful it is to live in His care.
Today, I am thankful for the Bread of Life.
Today was week two of an expository look at 1 John. He’s not using 1 John to enhance another subject or to prove an outside point. First John IS the subject! For some reason, that kind of preaching just fills me to overflowing. I can munch on it all week. I re-read the scripture, re-write my notes, listen a 2nd time, and pray through all the material. What I heard in one 40-minute sermon can last all week.
I remember the days when my kids were small. I don’t think I did anything in the bathroom totally alone for 5 years. Prior to that, I spent hours studying, if I chose to, but once those 3 little ones came along in rapid succession, I struggled to find an uninterrupted hour. Satan heaped piles of guilt on me and made me feel barely saved because I wasn’t reading or praying enough. Believe me, I was praying a lot. You won’t survive 3 kids in diapers if you don’t pray without ceasing! You mothers know what I mean! Still, I felt that somehow I had failed God.
One day all the kids were miraculously asleep at the same time. I desperately needed a shower and the thought of standing under the hot water until it ran out was more than I could resist. Of course, as soon as I stepped into that warm, steamy shower, the devil tried to make me feel guilty for not using that time for God. It was then that God brought this scripture to my mind:
"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.” Deuteronomy 8:3
It was then I realized that God knew where I was in life. Just as I fed my children, He would feed me. Just one word from Him could feed me for an entire day, if necessary. Oh, what freedom that brought. Instead of worrying about the amount of time I was spending, I relished every minute that I got to spend with God because I knew whether it was fast food or a buffet, God would feed me everything I needed that day. Oh, how wonderful it is to live in His care.
Today, I am thankful for the Bread of Life.
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