So instead of conforming to your old desires before you knew Him, you want to be more and more like Him. The more you get to know Jesus, the more you want to be like Him. And the more we do that, the more our desires line up with His. As we spend time in prayer, and praising God, we become more aware of Him in our lives.
How do we do that? One of the best ways is simply by spending more time with God. But instead of doing those things, we should be putting those desires away. It’s easier to do what comes natural and what feels good. If you’ve been a Christian for awhile, you’re probably pretty aware of the fact that you should be trying to live in ways that are Christ-like.
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Read: How to Have An Awesome Quiet TimeĪs obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. Today’s Truth: Let God refresh you and fill you with the things you need. You should be letting him refresh you and fill you with the things you need. Just like you’d feel refreshed after drinking when you’re really thirsty, you should pursue God in the same way. Spending time with God should really be that thing that gets you excited and refreshes you. Spending time with God shouldn’t be a chore or something you do only if you have to or if you have questions that you need to be answered. You should be longing to spend time with God just like you’d long to eat or drink. Just like you wouldn’t go long without eating or drinking, you shouldn’t go a long time without spending time with God. Today’s verse is a neat way of looking at your relationship with God. That’s a little like what this Bible verse is talking about. Or perhaps you were so hungry you would have eaten almost anything. Have you ever been really hungry or really thirsty? Maybe you wanted a drink so bad you would have paid a lot of money for a bottle of water. O God, You are my God Early will I seek You My soul thirsts for You My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. Today’s Truth: Make God’s Word Most Important in Your Life Make God’s word the most important in your life and you’ll find that you’ll be less likely to stumble. Determine that it will be more important to you than the approval of others or what might sound or feel good. So today, challenge yourself to make the word of God a priority in your life. When faced with a decision, issue or choice, we should be thinking what does God say about this issue? Then we should choose His word over what we feel or think. Instead, we should be building our thinking, and our lives upon God’s word.
However, making choices that way can cause you to stumble. I often cared more about what other people thought about me, and made choices to get approval from people rather than choices that would have lined up with God’s word. Isn’t that true? I know many times in my life, I’ve put what I wanted to do over what God’s word said. Today’s verse says that people stumble because they don’t obey God’s word. Where does God’s word fit into that? Do you consult what the Bible says to come to a decision about the issue? Let’s say that you’re trying to decide what you believe about an issue. What value do you place on God’s word? Do you use it to form the basis for your thinking? Here’s an example. The rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them. “He is the stone that makes people stumble, Make the decision today to rejoice in the Lord always! Don’t let your situation or circumstances keep you down. It doesn’t matter what you’re facing or what you’ve been through, you can make yourself happy by choosing to think about the good things God has done for you. When you remember what God has done for you, it helps you keep a smile on your face.
Has He ever provided something for you? Has He ever helped you when things were tough? Has He comforted you when you didn’t think you could go on? Remind yourself of the good things that God has done in your life. What does that look like? A good way to delight or gladden yourself in God would be to remind yourself of things that God has done for you. However, today’s Bible verse tells us to rejoice always, even if your day is going badly. When you’re having a bad day, one of the hardest things to do is keep rejoicing. Have you ever had a really bad day? You know, the one where everything seems to go wrong? Then to top it off, your brother is mean to you, your mom asks you to do extra chores, and you feel like no one gets you. Rejoice in the Lord always- delight, gladden yourselves in Him: again I say, rejoice! – Philippians 4:4
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