Day 1

Well day 1 is almost over.... did I get the one hour in?

I read some Bible passages and prayed in a quiet spot between classes this morning for about a half hour, and have been worshiping God while listening to some Chris Tomlin, praying and looking up passages for about a half hour or so now. So day one complete. What did God reveal to me today?

I started looking at a few of Bible passages that talked about God's strength and how He can strengthen us.

Isaiah 41:10
     .... fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous hand.

Psalm 73:26
     My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.


So does that mean that God is your strength some of the time and just lets you fend for yourself the rest of the time? No! He is with you always, holding you up even when you don't see Him.

Psalm 18:1-2
    I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

When you thing of a rock, do you thing of a small rinky dink pebble? O course not, the picture that probably pops in your head is of a big boulder that is super hard to break. How bout a fortress? Do you think of a small shack on a beach with crooked wood walls? No, you probably think of a big castle with walls around it and a big army inside ready to protect the fortress from all intruders.

I have to say my favorite verse that I found today was 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 where Paul was writing. "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

I an so weak without Christ's love and power, yet made strong in my weakness. He is glorified in my weakness, and chooses the weak to do mighty things so that all glory would go to Him who is worthy of the praise and adoration.

I'll end Day 1 with some lyrics to a song by Christ Tomlin. "Our God is greater, our God is stronger. Our God is higher then any other. Out God is healer, awesome in power our God...And if our God is for us then who could ever stop us? And is our God is with us then what can stand against?"