Today’s Journal (Words) – 24 January 2023

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires (Hebrews 4:12).

Do you know the song “Words” from FR David? It was one of my favourites when I was in school. I always thought that that was a lot like me because words did not come easy and today, I am still very much an introvert. I am not a huge fan at to many people in a conversation and I will feel uncomfortable and sometimes out of place. I guess I am a bit difficult in that sense but I have always been one to keep to myself and I love going to the gym on my own and just doing my workout. Sometimes I even miss the people around me.

This is one of my many favourite verses and I believe that with all my heart. The word of God is alive and powerful. If we miss the use of it in our own lives you will find yourself where I am today. Upset at my wife and hard-headedly unmovable in my opinion.

Words have power. We miss the impact words have on people and how and innocent insult can bring down a person and send them straight into the enemies claws. Why do we find it so much easier to break and destroy then to build and repair?

My opinion is that our past has a huge effect on how we handle conflict and comments when we are grown up. In your childhood somewhere someone said something and those emotions comes swirling back when something happens remotely similar. Sometimes it is unforgiveness and sometimes it is purely rejection that left this scar.

The basis is that we need to deal with these issues and break the enemies hold so that we can be free from emotional responses based on an event that we grew up with. You will know when there is a seed. You will over react on the simplest things and they will make you extremely upset and you will feel rejected even though the intention of the argument had nothing to do with those emotions, you just felt them.

The enemy is cunning and he remembers these trigger points much better than we do, so it is quite important that we work to get them out of our systems so that we can live free from an emotion that we should have delt with some time ago.

Jesus is the way and the answer in this. Give Him your pain and let Him heal those old wounds so that you can let go of issues that you do not need anymore.

Life is so short so why do we waste time on anger and unnecessary issues that just creates a void and a place that will keep you empty. Fill those places with the word of God and let His healing words be your foundation when you feel those emotions.

Be still and know that He is God.

Have an awesome day.

Cheers

Today’s Journal (Filled) – 19 January 2023

For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord. (Habakkuk 2:14).

What a couple of weeks we had. It is amazing how quick time passes us and before you know it two weeks are gone. I think we do a lot of that towards God. We walk into church on Sunday, and we hear the message with great intentions to implement time into our lives and by Wednesday it feels like it was a great idea.

I find myself in a place where I truly desire more of my God. I love this verse, and can you imagine how that would be if the world is so filled with the awareness of God. We will never have a time issue.

I believe two of the enemy’s best weapons is time and comfort. He keeps you busy with problems, fear, need and greed and puts you in a comfort place. Now when I say comfort, I mean a way of life that you comfortably do from day to day. It is a lot like trying to lose weight and you hit the gym and you change the diet, but you soon find yourself back in your comfort zone.

Humans are creatures of habit and habit can sometimes be a difficult thing to change especially if a little selfishness finds its way into the equation.

I do not want to make a huge change and become super Christian overnight. I just want to slowly allow the living waters of our Lord to create a new awareness of God. I want to go back to my roots and spend more time humbly before my God and my Saviour.

Come with me today, my friend as we journey on into this amazing life seeking more time with our Father and giving Him all our worries and fears. When we manage that small shift, we will see massive changes into our daily life and our time.

Be still and know that He is God.

I love you my friend in Jesus.

Have an awesome day.

Cheers

Today’s Journal (Light) – 09 January 2023

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:16).

It is a new year with new ideas and new resolutions. Every year we start afresh, and we look to change the things we did not like or struggled with in year behind us. Jesus stood before a huge crowd as He gave them what we now know as the Beatitudes.

Jesus says here that we should be a light to the world like a city on a hill. He said you do not put a candle under a bushel (The bushel was at the time a container for measuring dry goods such as grain or peas). I other words do not let the world hide your light but let it shine so that people can see it. Let your life exalt the glory of our Father and let His presence in your life be visible all around. The job description of a Christian is not only to maintain personal holiness, but also to touch the lives of everyone around us.

This is easier said that done. Believe me I stand in this situation daily. Do you let your emotions control your thoughts or do you allow the Holy Spirit to guide your thoughts. Is your day-to-day life uplifting other or are you missing the opportunity. I personally feel like a candle under a bushel, but as Jesus continues to touch my life and slowly changing my perspective, I can see how my normal now turns into a Jesus like attitude. Where I would lose my temper, I now see deeper and have more empathy. Jesus loves everyone equally, yes, and even the taxi driver that cut you off and parked in the middle of nowhere. It is our perspective that needs adjusting and our way of life to be less selfish and more Jesus like. The Holy Spirit is a huge driver in this, and I honestly can hear Him guide me daily. Mostly I would say sorry, but I find myself giving more good words toward the issues and the challenges I face than negative words.

So, I humbly ask you to join me as we slowly change the world around us with Jesus-like love as we let our lights shine as we become that salt of the earth God infused mind altering person in a world that so badly needs to see His light.

I love you my friend in Jesus.

Have an awesome day.

Cheers