Cerebration Concerning a Carbon-copy: A Ready Residence of Refuge

Cerebration Concerning a Carbon-copy

Ok, I know that alot of you probably dont know what the title of this blog means seeing that we dont use those words alot everyday. Cerebration means to us the mind or to think, so the whole title means to think about exact duplicate. What duplicate am I talking about? As a Christian my life ought to duplicate the life of Jesus as it is detailed in the Bible. In all situations, circumstances and events, I need to mirror the attitude of Jesus. How do I know what this looks like? The answer is simple, its all in the Bible. I need to be reading the Bible every day so i can get to know my God, the person who saved me from my sin, a little bit better each day. This is what I created this blog for. I want to use this as a way to stay accountable, so please, read what I've written, and if you see there is a long time in between posts, feel free to call me out on it and ask if I have been reading each day or not. Now granted, there will be times when I wont be able to get on and post due to school and such, but I will do my best to keep up as best I can. Please feel free to comment on anything I post, I love hearing how God is working in your life as well.

Why The Light Bulbs??

I decided to "decorate" this page with pictures of various light bulbs. Light bulbs are such a great illustration of the Christian life. In Matthew 5:14a "Ye are the light of the world". We are to shine bright into a spiritually dark world by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, how he came to earth, lived a perfect life, died on a cross for our sin, and then rose again. That's who we are, that's what we are supposed to be doing. It seems like a pretty daunting task at first, how can a small little light make that much of a difference? At first it might seem impossible, which in all honesty, it is. See a light bulb in and of itself is almost worthless. It needs to be "plugged in". It has no power of itself and completely dependant on something else for its source of power. So are we as Christians. If we try to live the Christian life in our own power it is one of the most frustrating and futile experiences ever. God never intended to us to try do it all on our own, He intended us to be completely dependant on Him to do all that He commanded us. It is impossible to life the Christian life and "shine out" without be connected to the "power source" of the Holy Spirit. I think that's probably why He added the part about being with us till the end of the world at the end of the great commission. :) So how is your light doing? Are you "plugged in"? Are you shining out bright? There are people out there who need the message of Jesus and His love, and we have the opportunity to share it with them.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A Ready Residence of Refuge

First off, my apologies to any of you who check this. My laptop has been down for a while now, so I was not able to post anything up here. Anyway, onto better things. As the second half of the semester gets going, I have found myself seemingly overwhelmed with work, whether it be ministry, homework, or just regular work. I'm not the kinda guy who gets stressed out about stuff like that, but after awhile it just seems to pile up, and the grades start to fall as the work piles up. This past couple of days has seemed crazier than the rest. Yesterday, I was supposed to play in piano studio, have my lesson, turn in two projects for one class, and write a paper for another. Talk about a busy day. Praise God for His kindness and mercy though! Someone shared a verse with me a couple of weeks ago, Nahum 1:7. "The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him." God has really been placing all these things in my life just to show me how that in and of myself there is no way that I can accomplish all that I need to. That's not how He designed the christian life to be. I am reminded of what I wrote in a previous post, about the light bulbs, without the power of the Spirit I can do nothing. While it would seem that God has called me to do impossible things, all I need to do is trust in Him with simple obedience. He truly is a strong tower, one the the storms of life will bash against and the enemy will assault, but it will stand. Why do we not avail ourselves of our trustworthy God? Honestly, which makes more sense: worrying about everything that God has put on our plates, or just trusting Him and realizing that He knows best and will take are of everything in His own way. Think of it like this, if there were a siege on a city and you were working out in the field, and you saw the advancing army, would you not run to the tower of defense? I would, yet so often in my life, I think that I can fight off the endless assault by myself, when Right behind my stands a tower ready to provide protection and defense. That sure doesn't make alot of sense does it? I thank God for the crazy exceedingly busy part of the year that I now find myself in. It truly drives me to my knees and shows me my need to trust God and to live in the power of His spirit. He stands ready to provide, ready to strengthen, ready to comfort, ready to protect. Will you take advantage of that and simply step inside the door of the tower?

Cerebration Concerning a Carbon-copy