Skip to main content

IBS 15 - Hebrews 6:12

Hebrews 6:12
“We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”

It’s so easy to become lazy. I’m a very lazy person. Growing up, my mom would always say, “If you can watch an episode of The Office then you can open your Bible and read.” But for some reason, opening my Bible was just to much work. I never really enjoyed reading or praying. I didn’t understand how people could just sit there fully focused on the word or praying. I never got how they had patience and time taken out of their busy days to read. I had a teacher several years ago that told me he woke up at four in the morning every day to spend some solid time with Christ before going in to work. I thought that was ludicrous. Getting up, extra early, to spend time with a being that you can’t see? No thank you. 
Throughout time, I began to realize the importance of spending time with Christ. Not being lazy about opening my Bible to read what He has to say and making sure I got time spent with Him. Even if it meant waking up super early. 
I’ve seen amazing people who have astounding faith and patience. I would listen to them saying they got up early to pray and they had such a glow to them. They radiated Christ, I eventually began to get jealous of that. I started to crave that glow. I wanted to have the faith and patience, and began to spend time with my Lord. I pushed my lazy side out of the way and started praying so much more and reading my Bible more. I began to understand it and read it as the word of God instead of some big book with a bunch of rules in it. God opened my eyes to the wonders of Him. 


Application: I will make sure to do my devotions every morning before I work on homework or anything to make sure I get that time with God. Gabbi will make sure I do this. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IBS 4 - Luke 8:22-25

Luke 8:22-25 “ One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” He asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.” “He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.” That’s me. I’ve always felt like there was a storm inside of me. Raging winds and rain, lighting and thunder. Destructive. I’ve been like that my whole life, storms going on in my heart.  When I would cry out to God, nothing would change. I didn’t have the faith that Christ could ...
Post a Comment
Read more

IBS 76 - Isaiah 7:9

Isaiah 7:9 “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.” How true is this verse. It’s so easy to put on that ‘christian filter’ and pretend to be strong in your faith. It’s so easy to fool people with where you are with Christ. It’s so easy to fool yourself with where you are with Christ. I am very good at fooling myself. All my life, I thought my relationship with Christ was rock solid. I always knew that there is room to grow, but I thought I was going strong. “One of Satan’s most dangerous deceptions is making you believe you are good with Christ when you’re actually not.”   I was far from Christ, I was not firm in my faith at all. I truly believed that I was good with Him though. My faith was not my own, I didn’t stand firm, and I could feel myself falling. I began to drift far away, desiring things of the world, my heart became hardened, and I stopped seeking the Lord.  Then, the Lord sparked my heart. He brought me to place where I h...
Post a Comment
Read more

IBS 59 - Acts 28:31

IBS 59 Acts 28:31 “He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ — with all boldness and with out hinderance!” What a wonderful thing it would be if someone said this about me. “Anna proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about Christ with all boldness!” To have people say that about me though, I must actually do and have faith. I can’t do the ministry God has called me to do without faith and acting upon that faith. When people tell me they love me but don’t act as thought they love me, I don’t believe that they love me. Just as that, if I say I have faith but don’t act on my faith, do I really have faith? “In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead” (James 2:17). It is a big challenge to act upon the faith. It’s scary to put trust in the unknown. But when I test that trust and let my faith lead me, I see how faithful God is and how much He truly comes through. I’ve been afraid for so long to fall completely o...
Post a Comment
Read more