I am an avid reader. If left totally alone, I could read from daylight to dusk and then some more. But I am finding I don't retain what I read. It is almost a complusion to keep from thinking.
I read and study my Bible but the push I have inside me to finish the study and start the next one is almost overwhelming at times. I know this is not what God wants. He wants me to know amd understand His words to me. He wants me to hide His words in my heart.
I want this study I have started with Proverbs 31 Ministries (Made To Crave) to be different. It has to be different. In the first chapter of this book by Lysa Terkeurst , a sentence got my attention. "The more saturated we are with truth, the more powerful we'll be in resisting temptation." I
had to read that twice, thrice and then again.
It was actually the word saturated that got me. Merium-Webster dictionary gives this definition for saturated: completely filled with something. Completely filled. What would it be like to be completely filled with the truth of God? With God Himslf?
I am a missionary for a pentecostal church, yet I still feel empty much of the time. To be soooo full of God! I YEARN FOR HIM! Yes the scripture for this weeks study got me too! Psalm 84:2. "My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of my God; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God."
Lord I Crave to be saturated with YOU!
Hi Ginger, I love that quote you used from the book . . . "saturated" with truth. That is our key to living empowered. Yearning for God, longing for His courts as our home to the point of not being able to live without it...this is the place we were meant to live. More of you, God, and less of us. Thank you for sharing today . . .so glad you are a part of our OBS community! Blessings ~ Shelly (OBS Leadership Team)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your honesty. I can relate as well. Its so hard for me to retain what I read. Is it because its actually not as important to me as other things I enjoy like recipes I try. I can remember a lot of the ingredients and methods. But not all the truths I read about the Lord. Its not enogh of a priority to me when I am honest enough to admit it. It sounds great but I dont want to take the time to apply it and live it out when its diffucult to do so. It has to change or I will not see change in me.
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