Psalms 63:1

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1 NIV

Can I honestly say that I seek the lord with my whole being? It's a good check to give myself everyday. The lord is beautiful and eternal, the bible talks about how
heaven can't hold him. Other places it talks about how unsearchable his wisdom and judgment. The lord is such a powerful, almighty god. Creator of the biggest star and the smallest atom. But, with all of that considered what is crazy to me is his love in Ephesians 3:18-19 KJV it says; May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. God love is deeper than any ocean, more vast then space. What he did for me is crazy to think about how He came down and died for me. Giving up his God head to die for me so, he can down all of eternity with me. Why? It beautiful, I want to know the lord more and more. I love the lord and to know him more is my prayer.

Application: I will memorize this verse and study and think about it.

Proverb 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:17

I don't know a lot about metal or blacksmithing but, I do know for metal to take form it need extreme heat and pressure. It has to pressed, stretched and formed. Once it has taken shape and it actuallyl ooks like a sword, but it has to be sharpened, where it takes another piece of iron to do so. It's apicture of discipleship, what it looks like to be made into a useful sword and not a piece of steel. Discipleship takes pressure, heat, and molding. It such a hard thing but it's a beautiful thing when it happens. But, something we have remember is that the iron us in the blacksmith hand the entire time. He is in complete control. He is the one that hammers it and puts it in the fire. He is the one that puts it in the water and let's it cool. He is the one who takes the other piece of iron and sharpens, He is in complete control of everything. He is the one controling the discipleship, its his words coming through. It is a sprit lead thing where it should be on person sharing what the lord has said. He is the center of what true discipleship is supposed to be. He is the one that speaks through people to the other so tht way the other person can grow, thats why in proverbs in hebrews it talks about how we shouldnt despise correction because it how we know the lord loves. He has corrected me, and It hard when the lord has done this in my life, especially when he has other people do this in my life to sharpen me and make me useful Honestly, it's a huge pride problem but, the lord he been humbling me in this area. I know that the teammates he puts in my life and the leader as well are there because God told them to and there are there to make me a useful tool in the master hands but, It's not an easy thing but it's a necessary thing. My prayer is that it will be something that happens for the rest of my life, if I like it or not. After all were are called to make disciples but, how can I make disciples if I first wasn't discipled?

Application:

I will write this down a piece of paper and put it on my wall that way I can remember this IBS and thank God for him being in control and discipline me.

Psalms 121:1-2

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.  My help cometh from the Lord , which made heaven and earth.
Psalms 121:1‭-‬2 KJV

What do I do when I have long day where it feels like I have been stretched to my limit and bend to the breaking point? What I do when I feel like giving up or quiting? I look to the one who made the heavens and earth, I look to the one who made every creature every person. To the one who holds everything together with his word. I look to the person who loves me with a great loves and has more good thoughts toward me then the sands of the sea. Who said he would give me everything I need to follow him. I look to Jesus. Honestly it has been hard but, God has remained faithful the entire time. He asked me to present my body as a living sacrifice for its my reasonable service. I first I didn't know what the meant but, the more and more I seek him the more and more I realize how reasonable it is. I feel like I have been stretched, broken, and bent over and over again but, the lord does not say to go through this on my own but, he says to come to him the God of the universe and receive his help. He is faithful to give it because of how much He loves me. He said if your father who are evil know how to give God gift how much more your heavenly father who will give his spirit freely. He is offering his spirit. To get us through the hard times and good times and everywhere in between. He loves so much and I love him.

Application:

Today I will write ask on my hand that way I will remember to ask for the lord help all the time.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8 NIV

What does it mean to walk humbly with your God? Paul tells is not to think more highly of ourselves, but also we are not to think to lowly of ourselves either. But why does it say with your God? Because it's never meant to be alone, but it's supposed to be a walk with God. As we are doing justice, and loving kindness, and walking humbly it's all because we walking with our God. My God. It's all about a relationship. God wants to walk with me. What os the point of living thos faith if we are not doing it with God? Its all because we are walking with God and in return God shows us how to live the best life. As we seek him he walks with us and he shows us how to grow up and shows us how to live life for him. But, how do we get to God? “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15. It's all through his son Jesus, how did he live? What did Jesus do? How did do justice, show mercy And walk humbly with his God. His father. Jesus is the perfect example of Micah 6:8, he showed us that through his life on this earth. It's all about walking with Jesus, it's all about him and he will show us himself and his character and all we have to do is take this invitation, it's a invitation to have a relationship with Jesus and to walk with him like enoch. To grow in him and for us to realize that we are nothing but sinners in need of a savior but, when we realize that we are sinner the lord takes changes that and makes us redeemed and than we get to walk with him and just to live for him.

Application:

Today I will memorize this verse and pray that I will constantly walk with the lord and that he will bring me back everytime I want to stop or walk another way

Joshua 1:8

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua 1:8 NIV

The bible is the direct of the lord to humanity right? In psalms it talks about how The lord put it above his name. That's the name of God and he put his word above above every name. It's says that his word is sharper than any two edged sword splitting bone and marrow. So, if we want to know the lord we have to go to his word which is the bible. I don't need anything else but God's word, it gives me everything I need it a manual for life. In john say that in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.  It was their since the beginning, God spoke everything in existence his word is powerful. His word is very important to the lord and it should be important to me. Paul would quote many things from the old testament a lot through out his epistle. I don't need anything else besides God's word. Psalms one verse 2 says this "but whose delight is in the law of the Lord , and who meditates on his law day and night."
It something to meditate on and to seek it continuously. I want to seek it continuously because it's water for the would and light at night. But, honestly it hard to do that, I got distracted by a lot of dumb things and it gets me off of meditating on it. Bit, it's a discipline I know I need.

Application
That's why today I will get up an hour earlier and read the word and set alarms on my phone through out the day and meditate on his word.

Phillipians 1:6, Romans 8:38-39

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6 NIV

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38‭-‬39 NIV

These verse have meant so much to me recently. If I was to be honest I get really insecure if I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing and rather not I'm a man of God. I get so scared that I'm to evil or that I'm to far off that God could never change someone like me which to be honest is unbelief. But, the lord in his wonderful mercy and grace doesn't rebuke me in his anger or peace me, but he is long suffering and deals with me patiently. He keeps showing me even in my unbelief that he will still work on me even if I lose sight and lose hope he said that “He would will never leave me nor forsake me” and “that he will remain faithful even when I am faithless for he cannot deny himself”. And I put Romans 8:38-39 because it's a reminder in the process off him finishing me that there is nothing in this world that can separate me. Nothing under the sun, not even myself. I could be the worst person on this planet and a complete monster which to honest I feel like sometimes but, even if that was true if I'm seeking the lord that will never stop the lord. How Fosht said that we need to have faith in two things one yo have faith that God is real and have faith that God will work in us and complete us. I know I have a hard time with the second one but, the lord keeps reminding me and reminding me. I love the lord and he loves me and he is changing me from the inside out, and there is nothing I can do to stop him.

Application:

Today I will write change in my had to remind myself that he is changing me.

2 Samuel 22:19

They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
2 Samuel 22:19 ESV

This verse means a lot to me, this verse was given to me when the lord was showing me that he was with my entire life and how he was holding me up and supporting me even when it felt like he wasn't there. I remember being in training in Montana, and we had a on the mount time (devotional time) for like 5 minutes, and I didn't know where to go for that time and I opened up my bible to 2 Samuel so I could read about David and this was the verse that The lord showed me. And when I saw this verse I got a image in my head of me standing and a rushing water came and just wiped me out but, I wasn't moving and my head was above the water it was because Jesus was holding me up and keeping me from being overtaken by the water. This truth about the lord means so much to me and as I go on and I gave trials and hard times, this is verse I think of. It's crazy for me to think about how involved is with my day to day life, the lord isn't just one to give me life than afterwards say “do it your self ” but realized that we are sheep and we need a lot of care and supports me and gets me through hard times and good times. The lord has been my support and always will be, when I ran away from him and when I'm walking with him, “He will never leave me nor forsake me”.

Application:

Today I will memorize this verse