I read in Joshua 24 this week. Joshua was speaking to his people about their history. He mentioned all the major life situations that impacted their lives, and often shaped who they were as a people. It was interesting as he mentioned all the big hitters as a set up for the big question: Who will you serve?
I feel Joshua was giving the people a reality check, much like life situations we experience or even little things like getting a warning instead of a ticket for speeding.
I ask you to spend some quiet time this weekend and reflect over the past days, weeks, months or even years and think about how those experiences shaped you. As you begin to reflect and process you will be challenged to choose in the future who will you serve?
I hope you will be able to then serve something bigger than yourself, that you will be able to help someone less fortunate than you, that you will realize there is a world outside of you and they need you to invest in them. In the end I pray you are able to serve the God who created you and all things.
Have a great time of reflection, challenge and action.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Have you ever wrestled to sleep at night?
Have you ever wrestled in your sleep during the night? You know, your sleeping sound and all of a sudden BAM! You wake up and can't fall back to sleep.
Well, Jacob in Genesis 32 had the very same experience. He was sleeping away and BAM he woke up, couldn't fall back to sleep so he went to a different space in the room. Jacob then began to wrestle with a man (Gen. 32 24-25) and it continued until the daybreak. I don't want you to focus on the guy (angel, Jesus or whomever) but focus on the reason Jacob was up.
I strongly feel God wakes us in the night to speak to us only to have us wrestle to get back to sleep tossing and turning. The next time you are woke up in the night maybe you need to follow Jacob's lead and get up! Go into another room, or sit on the floor in your bedroom and ask God what He wants to teach you.
We learn through Jacob's sleepless night that His name was being changed (new identity in God) and an entire nation would be changed as a result of the encounter.
I end with this question: What will you do the next time you are woke up in the middle of the night?
Well, Jacob in Genesis 32 had the very same experience. He was sleeping away and BAM he woke up, couldn't fall back to sleep so he went to a different space in the room. Jacob then began to wrestle with a man (Gen. 32 24-25) and it continued until the daybreak. I don't want you to focus on the guy (angel, Jesus or whomever) but focus on the reason Jacob was up.
I strongly feel God wakes us in the night to speak to us only to have us wrestle to get back to sleep tossing and turning. The next time you are woke up in the night maybe you need to follow Jacob's lead and get up! Go into another room, or sit on the floor in your bedroom and ask God what He wants to teach you.
We learn through Jacob's sleepless night that His name was being changed (new identity in God) and an entire nation would be changed as a result of the encounter.
I end with this question: What will you do the next time you are woke up in the middle of the night?
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