So, exactly at 7am, one hour before my alarm clock should have gone off, I felt a tap and literally a voice say, "Jenny, go dig into the word and come visit me this morning."
I did not hesistate, I got up and went straight to His word. I opened my TNIV and ESV bible and my journal and began to read.
I first read my devotion for the day which was about a woman of the Lord and the verse that called out to me in the passage that I read was Proverbs 31:30;
"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." ESV
I should not find my worth in my beauty or clothing or appearance, but should find my value in my Lord Jesus Christ. He is my focus and my path and not anything of this world.
I was excited where the Lord was going with this mornings readings. So then I turned to Jeremiah and continued reading there. Today I read Jeremiah 2 and 3. Can you say blunt? The Lord is just throwing in our face what we have done wrong in this world and we still turn away and think we have done nothing of disgrace to the Lord. These scriptures in Jeremiah are full of such truth of how we find idols and worship this world and then come back to God and deny to Him that we have sinned.
"you say, 'I am innocent, surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring to you judgement for saying, 'I have not sinned.'
-Jeremiah 2:35
"Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed." ESV
"I have planted you a choice vine of sound and reliable stock." TNIV
- Jeremiah 2:21
"Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord, our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God." ESV
- Jeremiah 3:25
I was in awe at all the Lord had to say and the fact that it was so in your face and blunt, but that is what society needs is hard TRUTH. Now the question is, how can we, as disciples of Christ, spread the truth to everyone around us?
Take the time to think of how you can start living your life around this one objective and purpose. To spread the Lord's truth. Try not to think of this as another thing to "implement" into your life because that is not what this is at all. This should BE your life. Our one purpose is to live for the Lord. We would not be here if it was not for our Lord Jesus Christ, so stop being oblivious to the Truth in your own life. Take your worth out of this world and put it all into God, our Savior.
I ended this morning, by looking back into my journal of devotions I had when in Africa or pre or post the trip and I got to this one page that brought tears to my eyes.
I have been praying lately to hear the Lord and not to be distracted of this world...
My journal read:
"Jenny, Listen. Do not fall back to the world, but lay your life for the Lord, lay your life down and be a disciple. A STRONG and humble disciple of Christ."
Then my journal said:
- "If you are reading this journal entry, take the time and read every word carefully in this verse." and it left me with the verse John 12:23-26
"And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoevee hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will be my servant also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."
- John 12: 23-26
This morning, I heard the Lord my God with clarity and God is so good, all the time.
I hope you are encouraged this morning to go out and be a light for the Lord, even if you, yourself, cannot see. Do not walk by sight but by faith alone.
With Love,
Jenny
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