January 27, 2023 Bible Study

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing.

Psalm 36:7-8

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Psalm 132:15

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

Proverbs 26: 4-12

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Commentary:

I need to remember to consult God more within my daily life. Sometimes, I let the day pass and I don't pray as much as I should. Of course the weight of the world will make me weary if I am not consulting with God like I should. I've reached a point within my life where I have no one to go to but God about my problems. I put trust in others, I am disappointed every time.

Living for Christ, most times, is not an easy feat. Ever since I've been trying to turn my life around, I have faced much persecution and tribulations. I remember thinking that to have been Jesus must of felt absolutely horrible. To have been sent to love on people who humiliate, curse, doubt, and kill you. I use to think to myself how awful it must feel to be God to continuously love a people who go against you. Through that introspection of really contemplating what it felt like to be God instead of thinking of him as some abstract Santa Claus, I started to awaken. I then started thinking what it would be like to be the caretaker for everyone and the hard decisions that must bring. Often times, there's these questions of why does God allow these bad things to happen to good people. We are all his.

This is kind of tough, but I get the knowing that God allows these bad things to happen to me to bring me closer to him. I wanted to understand, and he is giving me understanding. We go through life sinning. We want to do what we want to do. We want to do what makes us feel good. Alot of times we do not understand why these things are against God. We do not contemplate how these things make God feel and why. We do not contemplate how our sin may hurt him. As if we are betraying a loved one. It's like God knowing what is right for us, but we continue to go against that anyway. In the process, hurting ourselves and him. I think it is important to understand it is about maintaining a real RELATIONSHIP with God and not to think of God as some grand wizard that grants wishes. God has feelings. God rests. God works. God cares. God knows. God is real. God loves all of us.