God's Faithfulness

In the AMI devos, I was convicted by Christy Chang's sharing about living out your Christian life even when no one is watching. For me personally, it has been a struggle living out my Christian life when I go back home with family; it is easy to go back into a state of idleness, apathy, and less of a desire to show love. Here it is easy to feel the love of God and to be be filled with readiness to share the His Word, but at home even my family does not see the transformation that Christ has performed in my life despite my own proclamation and actions within the comforts of GCC and even Philadelphia. If the words of Jesus is really true in my life, shouldn't I abide by them especially in my own home and with my own blood? I am reminded that I must be a witness and minister to my own house as well as to the people here.

Jeremiah 30

v.19 Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small. 

Jeremiah 31

v.34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

As Easter approaches and as we prepare for missions, it been a growing desire for me to know the Lord even more. I've been reflecting on how much the Lord has been gracious to me and been providing for me despite my own tendencies to shy away from Him. As I let go of one of my greatest idols and stumbling blocks for the remaining of the Lenten season and the rest of the school year, my greatest desire is to grow even deeper in Him -- that He continuously fill the void in my life that I He has allowed me to offer to Him. We as Christians have been offered the new covenant that allows us access into His intimacy. How awesome is that. Throughout Jeremiah we see God's graciousness despite the hard-headedness of His people. I am thankful for His grace and His unquestionable love. 

Lord, thank you. Thank you for loving me, thank you for You faithfulness, thank you for just being the God who You are. Even when I am recalcitrant, You have blessed me through stretching me and even providing for me. How humbled I am that You are so present in my life. I pray that during this week that I may not only know You but know You even more. Amen.