How you doin? Satan's not done yet. I'm as sick as I think I've ever been. I started antibiotics yesterday afternoon. Please don't hear this the wrong way, but I feel like God will use this particular attack to teach me how to rely on others. I'm a huge "do-it-yourselfer". I'm not saying in any way that God made me sick. He just doesn't have that in Him. I'm going to steal something that Bill Johnson said, but change the word cancer to sickness, "God is good, Satan is bad. Sickness is bad, where do you think that came from?". Titus 1 today.
In verses 5-9, Paul gives a list of "do's and don't's". I dig this type of Scripture. It makes it very clear to me how I should and shouldn't be conducting myself. Verse 9, "holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict." Apparently, they couldn't come together back then either. Twisted doctrine and false teaching is as old as human existence.
Verses 10-16, Paul describes a type of person that God has recently made known to me. I will be praying for these people. Without dwelling on the negative parts of this story, I just want to say how thankful I am to God that I'm protected by Him and that His Spirit has revealed truth to me. The Comforter has certainly left His mark on me. I would strongly recommend reading this chapter. I'll give you verse 16, "They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed." WOW!!!!!!! I don't want to be that dude. I thank God I'm not that dude. Hold fast to the faithful word today. COME ON!!!!!!!
PS I'm looking forward to laughing at Satan for this one. Those of you who pray for me/us regularly... pray more and specifically for me to repent from whatever I do to leave myself subject to this attack. I don't mind taking hard looks at myself. Please pray that I can repent from lack of forgiveness, anger, and ill feeling toward others. It's not from God, so it must go. I hope that no one thinks less of me for being honest. Please be praying for me.
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