This week is an extremely hectic week for me. Thankfully, my kids and I have already recovered from a bad cold/cough...and no, I don't want that virus back, as I just got my voice back today!
God never ceases to amaze me. Despite my crazy schedule, He still communicates to me in a creative way. This week, I'm busy doing work stuff as well as school stuff...and amazingly, I got some life lessons out of these activities.
- At Work: I'm currently working on a Social Media project for work and in blogging my experiences, God revealed a simple life lesson...but one that is quite timely for me.
- At School: This month is my final month attending Faith Bible Institute classes, and yes, I'll be graduating! Lots of final exams this month, so there's lots of studying to do. However, one of the practical applications sections struck me, and I'll copy/paste the information here:
- Finish what you start.
- Until God is first, your personal life will be fruitless.
- When you don't give to God, God will take from you.
- Obey God first, before you feel His presence, then His stirrings will come.
- When you have constant problems, consider your ways.
- Even though things may be bad now, God always has future blessings for His people.
- Good things in a sinful life do not cleanse it, but sinful things in a good life do defile it.
- Discouragement in our Christian life can tempt us to shift our priorities from spiritual concerns to personal concerns. This will lead us to spiritual indifference, unconcern, and apathy and therefore to a removal of God's blessings from our lives. If we have made this mistake, we are to rebuild our Christian lives by repenting and returning to God's priorities and God's service. We are to do this before we feel burdened or stirred. God will honor this with the return of His presence, power, stirring, and blessing. Revival comes by doing right, not by feeling right - by obeying God and returning to Him before you feel stirred, not because you feel stirred.
