No Eye Has Seen

Psalm 93:4 “Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea – the Lord on high is mighty.” The Lord on high is mighty. We just finished our Khmer classes are getting ready to start into more of ministry work we will be doing for the next five and a half months. As I am getting ready for this change I realized that I had grown very impatient, I wanted to start moving and shaking Cambodia when our feet hit the ground. Since being here, I’ve realized that waiting for God’s timing is not only necessary but very rewarding. I’ve seen through many people’s life stories how waiting for God brought about God’s will and how when we try to forge ahead in our own timing we always mess up what we are intending to speed up. Even then, I am blown away by how God chooses to take our mistakes and manifest Himself and His goodness through them. He is mightier than we have or ever will be able to give Him credit for. God truly is the Lord on hig...

Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “now show me your glory” What a bold request. However, God was happy to comply, with the only restriction being that moses could not be allowed to see God’s face. This is such a good picture of how close God desires to be with us. I’m in awe that even in the old testament God still shows how much He loves us and how much He wants to be a part of our lives. It just goes to show how God is the same yesterday today and forever! He still wants to reveal His glory to us today if only we will ask.  Application So this week I will wake up and ask God to reveal Himself to me anew each day.

Philippians 3:9 “and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ – the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.” It is important not to be self righteous, It is so easy, especially for me, to look at my self, and begin to to think, “Well I’m not as bad as them so I must be doing good. Seriously I did that good thing earlier I know I am on the right because of that” even in this thinking I take the focus off of what Jesus did for me and put it on me and how I got out of bed ten minutes early. How foolish is this? I also put emphasis on what I do and how I can make myself pure and holy. When stated like this it is very easy to see the skewed thinking; however, in our own minds we have mastered the art of self ratification. Here in Philippians Paul states that he wants to be righteous in God’s eyes, righteous not by anything he himself did but righteous through God by faith. Now...

John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead have I called you friends, for everything that I learned from my father I have made known to you. Wow. I seem to say that a lot but it’s how I feel. Jesus has called me His friend? He’s chosen to bring me into His circle of business that I might know what’s going on instead of just simply doing what I’m told. I find it interesting that He says, “I no longer call you servants” this would imply that at one point they were called servants. Showing me that, like the parable, they were faithful with little and now that are to be faithful with a whole lot more. I am in awe, (again) that Jesus would want to include my finite mind and understanding in His infinite world. I am amazed He would want to hear or take into consideration anything I would say to Him! This just goes to show how much God truly loves His creation and how much He really wants us to be a part of...

Ephesians 5:21 “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” As I started to think about this verse I had to break it down. And I came up with this: That we should submit to one another, not because any one of us did anything to worthy of my submission to them, but because of Jesus Christ’s example of submission to His Father. Jesus came here and was the lowest of the low and payed the ultimate price for my sin. He simply asked me to pick of my cross, leave everything behind and follow Him. By following His commands I submit to Him, and in turn He asks me to submit to my peers. I am to be the lowest of the low. The servant of all just as Jesus was. I must not take pride in my death to myself but find joy in the life that He gives me. This week could not have come at a better time. For the most part I don’t struggle with serving others or thinking of myself last. Yet I find myself taking pride in laying myself down. I find myself doing it just to be see...

1 Corinthians 9:22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all means possible I might save some. I find it interesting that He mentions being weak specifically. This is probably because becoming weak is often the hardest of all human attributes to take on. I can see it’s necessity for reaching more people, however that doesn’t make it any easier. I personally have a hard time being weak. I feel like I should be strong enough for anything, I realize I feel this way because I don’t like to be a burden to other people. I would rather suffer alone than let anyone see I’m hurting. Yet, I can see there is a beauty in vulnerability. I can see how God uses it to reach more people than I ever could by pretending to be perfect. Application I will make a point to sit down and talk with some of the girls in my class about my struggles and hopefully encourage them to share theirs as well.

Galatians 5:13 You my brothers are called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature, rather, serve one another in love. We are call to be free, wow, free to serve each other in love, free of stress put on us by outward forces. We are free to joyfully serve one another. This verse was very freeing to me. As I have been putting on a lot of stress to get my homework done, spend my time with God, work out, get into deep conversations, try to sleep as well as a list of other things. This verse set me free. Yes I still have to do those things but they are not as important as serving my God and my class mates. I know that when I get my priorities straight with Him at the top of my heart, mind, and day that He will take care of the rest. As I was writing that part the song “shoulders” by for KING & COUNTRY came on. Haha God has a great sense of humor doesn’t He. Anywho, I am called give my cares to the one who breathes stars! The one who cr...