Thursday, May 15, 2008

Remember and...

Today as I was reading the Holy Word of the Lord and I felt like God was trying to remind me of something. A week ago on our last leadership meeting for XA, Eli talked about how Moses spoke to the Israelites and told them to remember the awesome things the Lord had done for them. I was reading Deuteronomy chapter 32 and the verse caught my attention again:

Remember the days of old;

consider the generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.

It is really hard for me to feel His presence when I have let my flesh go about for so long...Christianity is not about feelings, but i believe that the Lord makes you go through seasons in which you feel the showers of his presence, and others were faith is all you have. Today i heard Him say : Remember and be grateful.
So then I started remembering all the things of the days of old when he first saved me all the way till this past semester...with my own small group. And I said thank you and thank you all over again because I had forgotten how good he has been to me. In XA we say that the first step away from the Lord is an ungrateful heart.

In colossians 2: 6-7 it says:

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

So if you feel like you are not close to the Lord..perhaps you have not had a grateful heart. And the first step to reconcile is to remember, repent and be grateful. The days of old shows all his mercy and love for us.....

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