Psalms 119:11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that
I might not sin against you.
mark 1:35 And rising very early in the morning, while
it was still dark he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he
prayed.
How do we know God? It goes back to the Sunday school
answer, pray and read your bible. But, for me I know I have a thousand excuses
on why I can’t do either and I have used those excuses myself but, these two
men have shown me that there is no excuse. David says in 119:11 that he has “Stored
up”. When I think of stored up I
think of taking time out of your day and intentionally storing what you need to
survive. Like a farmer will store up food during the harvest that way during
winter he will have food to eat and he will not starve. And I think the bible
is the same way, I know that I am prone to sin, but Gods word is living and
active and sharper than any two-edged sword splitting bone and marrow, soul and
spirit. And Jesus when tempted by Satan used scripture to fight him and had
victory because he took time and intentionally and stored up Gods word in his
heart. And then in prayer it says that Jesus rose very early in the morning to
pray. Pray is talking to God, and how important it is to hear from God and to
seek him every day? Jesus understood that He needed to seek Gods will for that
day. So, he went out and had 1 on 1 with God. Man, this example Is something I
think is so key, to have enough discipline to get up earlier and seek Gods face
early in the morning. Because, some people really do start working as soon as
their heads leave the pillow, and they don’t stop until their heads return to
that spot. So, to know God more we would have to be intentional and discipline
ourselves to seek God first by prayer and to store Gods word so that we might
not sin against him. So, I think in order for me to Know God better and to have
that relationship with him, I think it start with some discipline, to make
sacrifices to sleep schedule to take time out of my day to get in his word and
even on the days I don’t want too still do it because I’m not going to want to
do the things I know I should every day and that why I need more discipline.
Application:
That’s why starting today for the rest of the week I will
get up at 5 and pray and read my word that why I may seek Gods face before I
start my day.
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