This Blog's Name (that sounds like a random song)

May 16th, 2011 6:50 PM

Proverbs 2:7-8
"He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity; That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints."

A shield for us! For us! If there's one thing in the Bible I need to hold onto it's this - that God gives us only and all good things. He's for us when we live for Him. He's for us even before we make that choice, but we're not in a position to accept it. We are a stubborn collection of people. We fight so hard for free will, for control. The harder that we fight the more we are controlled by the desire to do so. We get wrapped up in it, bound in our quest for freedom. Controlled by what we are fighting against. Freedom comes only through God. From surrender to more than ourselves. We run until we can run no longer. We fight until we tire. We hate God, until we're desperate for Him. Then and only then we reach for God. Despite everything we've done against Him, and every way we've tried to avoid Him, He accepts us. He loves us. He encourages us to grow in Him. He becomes everything. He is everything, but only when we put ourselves aside. I'm stubborn enough that I try do this in bits and pieces, which is why the name of this is a warning and a promise. Bits and pieces will give way to wholly. Wholly for Him. Wholly His. His desire for us, our desire for freedom in Him. Running towards this epic and awesome love. Towards every good thing. Towards everything worth anything. Wholly pursuing God.

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end."