We Like Sheep

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quite waters,"

-Psalms 23:1-2

God takes care of my every need. I have nothing to be in want of. He allows me to get rest (green pastures), and He restores me with life (water).

All I need to do is be an obedient follower, willing to follow where God directs me, just like a sheep. Today, I'm going to read a bit of Isaiah and than take a nap.

Your silence speaks to me

"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower ad bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 

-Isaiah 55:10-11

Coming to the end of my time in training. Going through the Word each day, this verse is so powerful in my mind, I am at a lose for words. 

Today I'm going to take a walk and spend time listening to the silences of the theoretical "snow and the rain falling." 

I am loved, I am blessed, and I am so grateful!

Many people are happy being a big fish in a little pond. That is what its like when we stay in our own world. When we are secure in what we do every day, so we become the Big man in town. No room for true growth.

Many people are afraid to be the zooplankton in the ocean. But with God, I feel like i have that room to grow, being the smallest thing out there with the opportunity to become something huge to glorify Him. I was just out pulling a beaver dam out tonight, this beaver will block off the flow of the river within one night, causing the road to flood. It is an amazing creature.  Anyway I looked up, and right above me is the milky way in all its glory. I am only a man in all of  God's creation, with all the room in the universe to grow!

Im so glad God pulled me out of my little pond and showed me how small i really am, and how i need Him to take me through this life if i have any hope of getting through it. Funny thing is He loves me, AND HE IS SENDING ME TO ENTEBBE, UGANDA IN A WEEK TO WORK! AND PLAY WITH KIDS! Im so encouraged by everyone at home, getting my back in the work God has called me to. May God continue to Bless us so that we can Bless others all around the world! 

"brevity is the soul of wit"

Get Stretched

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

-Isaiah 55:9

I have nothing for this one, so I just opened my Bible. The first thing I saw was, "He took up our infirmities, and carried our diseases." (matt 8:16). Seeing how I am the one causing myself harm, and Jesus Christ is my healer and Savior. It's almost like our ways are the complete opposite. I want to be on His team, but I'm one of those guys, that the other teams says, "Hey Jacob your the best player on our team." This is frustrating, so today I'm going to spend time in prayer. I'm pretty sure I know what God wants me to do…. but its hard getting branches removed. 

Finite

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways."

-Isaiah 55.8

Life starts moving so fast, I start thinking i have all the answers. So many books, so much life experience, and still I am a finite being. God must smile when He sees me stressing out, He knows I try to be all I can, but all I can, can not be compared to what God is. 

Today, I will think my own thoughts, knowing that is what I am doing. I will take 20 minutes to sit quietly listening to the world God created. 

Aint no rest for the wicked

"Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."

-Isaiah 55:7

Praise God! Some of the things I did before, I thank God that He has mercy for me, and has pardoned me. 

There is still work to do on my heart, I have submitted my actions fully to Christ. But it is my heart and mind that still has evil thoughts and desires. I hand it over to God, but its like its in the transition between our hands… I am saying that i want Him to take it from me… but i just haven't let go with my hand. I will fast once a week and pray for God to take my evil thoughts, and replace them with those that are glorifying to Him.