Anxious

Fear God. It seems so often that when reading my Bible I see these words, or a story of someone who fears God. Earlier today I was reading Genesis 22 and I was reminded again of how much this is needed. Abraham was ready to give up his own son for God! Who ironically in turn gave up his own son for those who believe in Him. Today I also was reading Matthew 6:25-34 and I learned not to be anxious. I was reminded again of how important it is to rely solely on God.

It is so easy to worry and to take things into our own hands, and to try to control them ourselves, but we are nothing without God and the grace he gave us through His Son. So often I find myself worrying about my future, and I fear the trials it may bring. I so often put my selfish desires ahead of God and seek to please my own flesh. I take my trials into my own hands and fear that I may fail. God is the only one who can take away our anxiety, and the only one we should fear. Matthew 6:33 is such a good verse, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all things will be added to you.”

Today, just after diner my Mom got a phone call that her mother just had a minor heart attack and was in the hospital. She, as far as I know, is still unconscious and is in a critical condition. When I first heard this I anxiously thought what can I do, I need to do something, how can I fix this, then I was reminded of what I read today and I prayed a short prayer in my head and I gave it to God. I can do nothing without Him.

The only way to get closer to God is to actively pray and read his word.
“...and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.”

Why do I have a blog?

I decided to make a blog, not as a way to promote myself, but as a way to promote God. So often we fear what others may think about our faith and we hide it. In Ephesians 6 we are told to put on the full armor of God.

Through this Blog I hope to show what God has revealed to me about living in Godliness. I am nothing without God and will only write what he has shown me, not my own desires.

I strive to grow in Love and Fear of God and through this blog I hope to encourage other to do so as well. I am currently studying religion and theology and hope to become a youth pastor and if God wills a senior pastor. I desire to meet the qualifications outlined in 1 Timothy 3:1-7. I desire to be above reproach and through this Blog I hope to only speak the truth and to fight the good fight for faith. I decided to write this blog because of my desire to be a pastor and the experience of putting thoughts together and expressing them that it would give me. Abraham Piper wrote a blog about why pastors should blog and with my desire to become a pastor I thought there was no better time than now to start.

http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1156_6_reasons_pastors_should_blog/

“In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one” Ephesians 6:16