Truth

“God wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth” 1 Timothy 2:3 – 4

Truth. I believe Paul is talking about the many different truths that set people free. Knowing the truth that while we are still sinners, Christ came to save us. Before we got our lives together and before we felt worthy of His grace, forgiveness, and love, He came to die for us. The truth that God’s love is unfailing. There is nothing I can do to make Him love me less. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The truth that as our world spins out of control, Christ will win in the end. Once you know God as Savior, the door is wide open to all kinds of truths Jesus offers to us. These are truths that we need to know and understand to live a life which will change the world and bring glory to God.

Some days I need to be reminded of the truth that my sins are forgiven more than other truths because I feel like such a failure at living a life that is pleasing to Jesus. Other days I need the truth that God has a plan for my life.

A lot of people ask what I’m going to do once this first year at Neema is up. I believe it’s too soon for me to know. I used to get kind of upset when people would ask me this question because I don’t know what this up coming year will look like or what I’ll be thinking a year from now. Stop asking. It is stressful. Jesus opened my eyes a couple weeks ago to a truth I so badly needed to hear – everyone was asking because they care about me not because they thought I had it all together and knew what the next year would look like. I’m a female which means I have fears of being forgotten, left out, and replaced (I have more but I won’t take time to list them all). So it’s kind of silly that it took me this long to realize that people asking me this question WAS a way of my fears being kicked to the curb. I was asked this question two weeks ago and instead of saying my normal, “I’m not sure yet” instead what flowed out of my mouth as if it wasn’t even me speaking was “more Jesus.”

In this area of my life, I’m learning the truth of Psalm 37:4 -“Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Here’s the CRAZY thing I’ve learned about this truth. I don’t always know the desires of my heart, but God does. I’m sure that seems weird. I mean, who doesn’t know their own heart’s desires? I do know myself, but I have also come to know the truth that my life runs a lot smoother when I hand my plans, my desires, my fears, my failures, my strengths, my everything over to Jesus. Seeking the truths of Christ helps weed out the desires that are from the world and brings to light the desires that are from God. I just need to keep saying “more Jesus”. Depending on the day, God will show me a new truth that I am in need of and I am so thankful for the various truths in my life that God shows me and reminds me of at just the right time.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has asked about the next couple years of my life. It means a lot to me that you care so KEEP ASKING (one day I’ll have an answer…maybe).

Here’s a truth I learned yesterday, all kids like to splash.