Today during my quiet time God totally met me. He met me in my unbelief. I was reading Deuteronomy this morning during my quiet time and Deuteronomy 4:34-35 stuck out to me. It says, “Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him” God emphasized what Moses wrote a long time ago. He said, “Sarah am I not your God?? I am not the same God, who delivered my people out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea, led my people to the promise land, and healed the sick? Why is it so hard for you to see me as the God who is capable of miracles, signs, and so much more? Why do you box me up in your desired God size box? Don’t you want to let me do my thing? Don’t you want me to be me and for you to be you, and let me move in you? Because your identity is in me. Let me move in you.” All I could do is say yes God, yes. I want this, all of this, and more. I don’t want to limit God to this picturesque box. It’s incredible how much I sense his presence here. It’s as if I am in communion with him throughout the entire day, without fail, and I’ve never experienced something like this. There is truly something special about this place. Today in lecture we watched a lecture video given by Dean Sherman. He was a hilarious, bold, truthful, and simple yet deep speaker. This week our lectures are on relationships. Dean Sherman started the lecture by stating that every single problem revolves around relationships. He then went on to talk about how we are called to do two things. 1.) Love and love because we are representatives of God (John 13). 2.) We are called to be unified. By unity the world will know Jesus Christ, the Son, and our Savior (John 17). Dean then went on to talk about the ingredients of bad relationships. The first problem is in the ingredient we call pride (Romans 12:3a). The proper antidote to this problem of pride is sober judgment aka humility (Romans 12:3b). Dean then stated, “Unity in any situation is simply corporate humility.” The second problem is in the ingredient called differences or variety. We don’t appreciate differences and that’s absolutely insane. Many people are so turned off by church because they have been called ‘weird’ or ‘different.’ I think the people that don’t accept differences have a small outlook on who God is and what he is capable of doing. They are stuck in a picturesque box of who they want God to be. He is so much more than my or your preferred style of worship. He is so much more than the ‘perfect’ look. He is so much more than the come to church and take take take. He is so much more than we understand. It’s truly unreal to think about how great our God really is. I’m praying that on this DTS he’ll take my understanding and expand it because there is so much more to learn. We are required to complete journal entries throughout the week in a journal and we have to have a theme for our journal. We have to decorate the front of the journal with our theme as well. I am not exactly sure what theme I am going to do yet, but worship, light, and surrender keep on coming to mind, in Bible readings, and discussions. Really praying that God will show me what he wants me to focus on. If I can be praying for anyone or anything please comment and let me know.
In Christ’s love. <3
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