8 Apr 2008

Living not for yourself.

Deu 32:46 “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. 47 For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

We are accountable to GOd and the testimony that we bear reveal God to the people around us. But there is something more. When we teach our children or when we disciple, it is not the knowledge, but our lives. The integrity that comes along with it is important, else you are empty and teach with only a head knowledge.

2Tim 3:1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

We will be like having a form og godliness but denying its power. We have form, but no fire and its all fake.

I pray that I will bear truth and integrity when I teach and imparts knowledge to my children. I pray that I will be able to share the realness of God as rubber meets the road. The testimony that I share will be able to reveal the truth and Jesus.

I pray for Rachael that she will have the strength to continue this last stretch. Grant her the speed and the accuracy and correctness as she marks the papers and prepares for the tutorial. Let Rachael draw strength from you. Yes even youth shall faint and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the the Lord shall renew their strength. Let this time be a testimony to your name.

I pray for my children. I pray that Josef will not contact HFMD and that Deborah will be safe. Protect them and keep them safe. I give you thanks for Josef, who on Monday uses the evangecube to share the gosepel with his classmate. I also thank you that I managed to share with Josef this morning about my encounter with you and my quest in seeking you. I pray that the Holy Spirit to fill Josef and let him be use by you for your kingdom. Keep Josef for yourself.