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I actually won Scrabble

visioncgbc | May 19, 2008 07:46

The weekend was good again, praise God.  Friday night we didn't do anything.  Saturday was the prom.  Meagan was a bundle of nerves.  Come to think of it, every prom Meagan has been to she's been a bundle of nerves.  But by the time Austin picked her up, she looked beautiful and she was excited for the evening to begin.  We went to eat Saturday night with Holly, Rich, Megan and Ashley B. and had a blast.  We played Scrabble 'till very, very late and then stopped by Wal Mart for snacks for the girls who were staying at our house after the prom.  Sunday church was good stuff.  I told you I was praying God would reveal things to me about the Sabbath.  I think that the Sabbath is very much like the tithe.  Give Him the first fruits of your week, and He will make the remainder of your time be enough.  I also picked up on something brought out by Roger which is the holiness of the Sabbath.  I wrote these two things in my Bible:  1. You could be at church and still dishonor the Sabbath by attitude.  2. Do I take a Sabbath from thinking about me and all my problems? What I'm saying is that I think the ultimate pleasure of Christ would be for us to glory in Him on this day.  I'm not saying to forget I have problems, or pretend I don't.  But I realized yesterday when we were singing  I Exalt TheePete Sanchez Jr. For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earthThou art exalted far above all gods For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earthThou art exalted far above all gods I exalt Thee, I exalt TheeI exalt Thee, O LordI exalt Thee, I exalt TheeI exalt Thee, O Lordmy problems have become my little g god, and I, by my attitude, have exalted them above The capital G God .I could literally feel it yesterday when I was singing “Thou art exalted far above all gods.”  He is to be far above anything.  Blessing, problem, performance, need, hurt.  I could picture the reality of my mind being consumed by so many trials right now and God being placed on that same level, and not far above all that.  Placed there by me.   My weekends have been an example to me of the Sabbath as strange as it sounds.  I’m an extremist, and it’s my way or the highway (being honest).  So, I’ve had the attitude that unless I could have days and days of rest, or a certain vacation, or whatever, then I just wouldn’t do anything.  But I’ve found that after an evening like Saturday, or going to Joyful Noise for two hours, it’s incredible how rejuvenated and motivated I feel.  We often have the attitude, “God, you’re not going get my best until you start working out  some stuff that I can see.  I mean God, how can you expect me to be motivated when I’m overwhelmed like this?”  So we continue to dishonor the Sabbath, as we think that we’d feel better and life would work itself out if this or that would happen, and things continue on the downward spiral.    But, if the Sabbath wasn’t the period that would give us the rest to do all the things we needed to do in a week, then why did God say it was?  We foolishly think we can pout with God to get our way, but that’s in no way a prompting to change the heart of God.    I also wrote this in the back of my Bible “The problem with honoring the Sabbath is the refusal to simplify our lives.”  Ecclesiastes 2: 24 A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,But instead we are loaded down with impossible to accomplish tasks, schedules, bills.  Many have put the work of God above God, and that includes me at times. It leaves me to think “What do I do now?  What can I do?” But God isn’t bound to what my limited earthly thinking mind says.  God says  Matthew 11 28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Now for some they say “Well, I don’t want to be yoked to anything or anybody.”  But I told Vision last night, that we are yoked to something.  Problems will happen in your life for reasons from sin that’s your own fault, to circumstances that aren’t your fault.  But Jesus knew that we’d all at some point be at a place of realization that everything is crumbling, and that’s why He gave us this verse.  It’s the difference between being yoked to 5 lb weight and a 5000 lb weight.  I have the feeling that for most of us it’s the 5000 lb weight.  Jesus didn’t give us these words as a pretty story to read.  He’s telling us what to do, how to make it, how to get through things.  I laugh as I’m thinking about a few people that are experiencing true freedom and joy in Christ.  People who refuse to let stress be their commander-in-chief.  People who have struggles and problems and trials, but are following the instruction manual (Bible); therefore they keep on keeping on.  What I’m laughing about is those of us who have taken on the yoke of the world look at those who refuse to do so and try to convince them our way is best.  They are looking at us   stressed out, physically ill, hateful, always busy with something else, and we’re looking at them, smiling, content, praising.  We literally get mad at them because we’re jealous that they’ve found the peace that we so desperately want, but have refused to accept.    

 

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