Newsletter of Hope - The beautiful Word of the Lord

 

The beautiful Word of the Lord                                                                

When I first became a believer of Jesus Christ, I struggled to sit down and read the Word of God.  The Bible just looked so big and complex, I did not know where to start.  When I started to read the scriptures they did not make much sense to me. But instead of putting it aside, I pursued His Word and kept going to the scriptures. 

The Holy Spirit has helped me on my journey of reading, studying, praying, confessing and mediation the Living Word of God.

Firstly, this Newsletter that you are reading, this is what the Lord had me to do.  Initially I did not want to do this on a regular basis but the Holy Spirit would not give me peace until I continued to take that time to sit at the Lords feet and listen to what He would have me to write.  When I started to write and search out the Scriptures it took me probably a few days to complete.  You see there was initially a wrestling with myself, quieting my mind to listen, so it took me much longer than it should have.  But, now as I rest in the Lord and allow the Holy Spirit to share with me what is on His heart, it has become a joy and desire to spend that time with Him.

Then I had some months of teaching the word to the younger generation at Sunday School.  Again, I needed to sit down and take time to have a lesson prepared every week. The Lord was again helping me to sit down and study His Word.

Then as time went on the Lord started to give me some things to share, what was on His heart, again a discipline to take time out of my every day life to study the Word.

When I think about it, the struggle was actually taking time out of my schedule to sit down with the Lord and open the Bible.  The struggle was quieting myself, putting aside all the noise of the world, of my life, all the lists of things that I needed to accomplish, it was actually me becoming quiet before the Lord, with a listening ear to wait on Him.  He is always speaking to us, we are not always listening!

We have the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42 (TPT)

As Jesus and the disciples continued on their journey, they came to a village where a woman welcomed Jesus into her home.  Her name was Martha and she had a sister named Mary.  Mary sat down attentively before the Master, absorbing every revelation he shared.  But Martha became exasperated with finishing the numerous household chores in preparation for her guests, so she interrupted Jesus and said, “Lord, don’t you think it’s unfair that my sister left me to do all the work by myself?  You should tell her to get up and help me.”  The Lord answered her, “Martha, my beloved Martha.  Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these many distractions?  Mary has discovered the one thing most important by choosing to sit at my feet, she is undistracted, and I won’t take this privilege from her.”

Is this what we are saying to the Lord “Lord if only, I didn’t have this to do… , I would have more time to sit with you, if only you could change this situation, then I could come sit with you? What excuses are we making for not sitting at the Lords feet.  You know one day we will all go before the Lord, how pitiful it will be to go before him with what we are saying to ourselves to justify not spending time with Him. Think about it, how would that be?

2 Cor 5:10  For we must all stand before Christ to be judged…

It is such a privilege to sit down with the Lord, to enquire of Him when something does not make sense, to ask Him for understanding and revelation of what He is sharing in the Word of God.  To ask Him for advice on what to do in different situations in every small detail of my life.

1 Samuel 23:1-3 … therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, ‘Shall I go and attack these Philistines?’

David inquired of the Lord on numerous occasions.

Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

It is such a privilege to open up the Word of the Lord and learn of Him. Learn who He is, His love for us.  understanding His heart.

To see his heart in all things, to know Father God and what He has to say about you as His child adopted into His Kingdom.

It is such a privilege to have the wisdom of God right at our fingertips!

It is such a privilege!

As I sat down to write this Newsletter, I started to hear all these suggestions of what I could be doing instead - cut the dogs hair around their faces, wrap some presents etc.  I am learning to ignore those thoughts, because I am discovering the one thing most important is choosing to sit at the feet of Jesus, just like Mary choose to do.

We learn how to do life through the doing of the Word.  We change as we learn who we are in Christ Jesus. That we are loved and accepted, our identity - Purposely Made, on purpose with a purpose. But, most of all we learn who the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are.  We learn their hearts, their love for us and for others.

I encourage you to sit at Jesus feet, be a Mary and not a Martha.  Become, a doer of the Word and not just be a hearer.  Let the Truth of the Word change you, become a walking testimony to others bringing Glory to the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.                

Live for Jesus!

Love Denise