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The title of this blog entry even makes me excited!!
SO. I went to Lakeside with my friend Sarah this past weekend and picked up this really cool book called Free Refills by Mark Atteberry. I landed on a new concept. When I first read it I didn't really think anything of it other than "yeah, that would make sense..", but the more I think about it the more I get excited about it. I love it when you don't choose what your learning. That's something I don't always remember-you know, the fact that God's going to teach you what he wants you to know and when he wants you to know it. I laughed. So back to my whole point of this entry....
This book is about refilling your faith in every part of Jesus. Once chapter talks about refilling your faith in His presence.
14:27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.
Jesus commands us not to be afraid. So here's this books explanation:
"When Jesus says "Don't be afraid," he's meeting us at the point of our biggest weakness. He's challenging us to do something that goes completely against our nature. And he often forces us to wrestle with the challenge for a while by temporarily withholding His power. (Remember He controls the elements as well as the enemy.) When he walked on water towards the disciples, he spoke words of comfort to them and challenged them to let go of their fears. But He didn't immediately calm the storm he let it go right on raging!"............."I've come to understand that when God doesn't calm our storms as quickly as we'd like, it's because He's trying to teach us something. Specifically He's trying to teach us the very thing He's always trying to teach us: who he really is."
So then it goes on to talk about how yeah the Bible TELLS us who He is, but to actually experience it is when we actually learn to call Him...Father, Husband, Potter, Shepherd, Healer, Redeemer...etc etc.
So a few days later...after I'm already into other parts of the book I actually start thinking about this. It's just been fascinating me. I've been looking back at my life and past experiences and have totally seen that truth. God really has been made real to me through my sufferings! I think He's even teaching me about who He is right now!! But that's a story for another time.
If anyone has any experiences, or comments on this truth speak up! I'm totally interested here! |
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