Wednesday, June 21, 2006

My Faithful God

The past two weeks have been a bit crazy, emotional... waaah is the best word I have to describe them. I guess 'waaah' because they've been good, hard, mad, breaking, softening, building... yeah... 'waaah' pretty much does it for me I think! Phew! I've been looking for a job. And hadn't found one... was almost out of money... and then!

Surprise! Surprise! (NOT - that is, in retrospect) God has shown Himself to be faithful and to be my Provider once again. Praise God! I got a job :-)! I start on Monday, at CIS (where I have heard that they at least used to give employees free lunch... hmm... maybe I'll start confessing that too!) with the exact shift I wanted, full time, until September, with Bible Week off! Yay!

I got a call today from a temping agency telling me I could have the job they put me forward for on Monday (which was my birthday, it was a good present!). They said on Monday they'd let me know Thursday or Friday. I've been confessing that it's my job since Monday... Today I was claiming it on a rather more regular basis (every 5 minutes?!) inbetween which I asked God to let them call me earlier (meaning Thursday but not actually saying it specifically) rather than having to wait 'til Friday to hear. So He more than answered my prayers (again, in retrospect, it shouldnt have been a surprise) and the call came today! Yay!

Praise be to my faithful God!

Saturday, June 17, 2006

A 2nd attempt... on Seeking God.

Seeking God...
This is my calling. This is my life. I live to seek God. God created me that I would worship Him. I seek Him in order that I may worship Him.

My greatest desire is to know God. To know God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. My heart longs after God above all else, but that is not enough. It will not suffice for God Almighty. It is less than what God wants of me. It undermines His deity and sovereignty. God demands everything from me - not just to be the thing I want most.

It does not suffice to love God most, to want God most, to treasure God most, to worship God most, to seek God the most.

It suffices to love - only God, to want - only God, to treasure - only God, to worship - only God, to seek - only God.

It means that I must seek God with all that I am - everything else means nothing, is nothing, is of no importance. When applied to my life, it means that for every decision - no matter how small or big - I must seek God for it, because as I seek God with all that I am, for all that I am, He reveals Himself to me, His plans for me, all that He has for me. Why seek after other things when God has it all for me anyway? As I seek Him, I get to know Him more. I get to comprehend more of God. Why would I want to know or comprehend anything of this world at all if as I seek God, I can know and comprehend Him: God that created the universe, God that created me, God that rules and reigns over the universe, God that is omnipotent, God that is omniscient. Only God is all-knowing, we never will know-it-all. But as we seek God, we seek after Him that knows all, is all.

My God is God, He is not a god, but God Himself, because He is the only God. It is illogical that there could be more than one God because God is by definition omnipotent. And this God of mine is Love. He died that I might be saved. He demands to be worshipped. And so, I do. I have been seeking God my whole life. We all are in our own way. Almost five years ago, I chose to worship Him with my life, my heart. Seeking God did not stop there. To seek God, is to want to know God, to find Him. The more I know of God, the greater my passion for Him becomes. He chose me that I might seek Him and worship Him, and so I do.

It is as simple as that.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Seeking God

...I have returned...

I wasn't here on Sunday, so I didn't hear Tony's preach until this morning (as Becky brought me breakfast in bed... yum.) but upon hearing it, I thought I'd write a piece on seeking God, because God has been speaking to me about it for about a fortnight... So, here we are.

... but do you know what? I'm listening to DAVID CROWDER BAND and I just can't concentrate. So here are some lyrics:

you are more beautiful
than anyone ever
everyday you're the same
you never change, no never
and how could i ever deny
the love of my saviour
you are to me everything
all i need forever
how could you be so good?
there is no one like you
there has never ever been anyone like you
everywhere you are there
earth or air surrounding
i'm not alone, the heavens sing along
my god you're so astounding
how could you be so good to me
eternally i believe
you, you, you, you, you, you
how could you be so good to me
how could you be so good to me?
we're not alone, to sing along
we're not alone, to sing along, sing along, sing along
there is no one like you
there has never been anyone like you
there is no one like you
there has never been anyone like you
there is no one like our God, yeah
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!