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(My reflections after doing week 2 of the Breaking Free Bible Study by Beth Moore)
We have now finished the 2nd week of our study. The following is what I gained and how I’ve grown. I’m posting my thoughts here, simply to encourage you to do the same.
Week 2 covers 5 Benefits that God plans for His children.
Day 1 – To Know and Believe God – The thing God dealt with most on this day was our relationship. I’ve spent years trying to get to know God better. And I do know HIm more than I use to – but I still try and work a one-sided relationship with Him. Those of you that know me, already know this about me. I can talk about myself easily. I am not afraid for people to know me. I have to work at taking time to know others though. And I have that same issue with God. I am great at dreaming up stuff I want to do and see happen. but a relationship takes both members dreaming and sharing and I have to make sure I am listening to God’s ideas as much as sharing with Him my own.
Day 2 – To Glorify God Does my reflect God’s Glory? yeah. That was the question I faced on Day 2. Captivity is the areas of life where God is not recognizable. So that made it pretty simple. I spent a long determining the areas of my life other people can’t recognize God in. And gave those to God, asking Him to better use me to glorify Him.
Day 3 - To Find Satisfaction in God I could just camp here on this one day for a year or more! Oh how I constantly look for satisfaction in everything else but God. And were talking about the richest of chocolate cake satisfaction. To where you can’t eat another bite! Do I get that kind of satisfaction from God? Most currently it is in the process of getting my books published. On this day I had a meeting scheduled with a new publisher. I prayed so hard for a book deal. The meeting went well and I set out to prove myself worthy of everything the publisher asked. I worked day and night telling myself that I would remain satisfied in Jesus alone if the book deal didn’t some. I kept hoping and praying and yesterday. The day before this writing this blog, I got the rejected letter. Disappointment set in, and fast. I knew I was relying once again on that for satisfaction. Now I am back on my knees asking for this benefit again.
Day 4 - To experience God’s Peace This lesson showed me how I have peace over the big issues in life , because I have no choice but to give those over to God. The other issues that I struggle with. I do so because I haven’t totally given those issues to God. I still think there is something about them that I need to do or fix. And that robs me of the peace I could have them. I also love how God uses a river to illustrate peace. I’ve always though of a smooth lake or pond as peaceful. But to God. peace is like a river. It is moving and flowing from a source. The source is God himself. Our life can twist and turn move fast and slow and the whole time remain peaceful.
Day 5 – To Enjoy God’s Presence God wanted me to know on this day that our relationship needs to be a lot more than just what He does for me and what I can be doing for Him. He just wants me to enjoy being with Him and knowing Him. the stuff can hinder God from being all He wants to be in my life. Just like stuff can hinder your relationship with your husband and children. God isn’t going to allow “stuff” to come between us. The real question is, What “stuff” am I allowing to come between the pure joy of a relationship with Him.
If you are doing this Bible study or have done it, I encourage you to share your thoughts below. If you haven’t – I recommend you do.
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