When Truth Becomes Reality

The Word of God is amazing!  There are many truths, many stories, and many lessons I have been taught growing up.  I know them in my head, but have they become an actual reality in my life?

Has Jesus become a reality to you?  When the truth of Scripture penetrates our hearts and open ups our blinded eyes life changes, our perspective and purpose changes.

So, dive into your Bible.  Ask God to give you ears to hear and eyes to see the reality of all that Jesus has done.  Let the Word of God transform you by shining light into the darkness of our lives.

Eat, Drink, & Be Merry

Beliefs have consequences. For example, I could believe that the wall in front of me is not real and going running as fast as I can into it. Ouch would then be the proper response because my belief doesn’t change truth. Our beliefs have consequences in life but more importantly in eternity. What we choose to believe or not believe is more important than we think.

“I don’t like to think about that.” Have you ever heard that response from someone? This is because most people are trained not to think. They don’t want to wrestle with hard truth so they choose not to think about it. They begin to live in denial and convince themselves that life will be ok. These people tend to get angry when you try to push questions upon them because they cause feelings, fears, and hurts that they don’t want to deal with.

There is another school of thought that I would classify as “eat, drink, & be merry.” This group chooses to believe that they should “party like a rockstar” and enjoy the world as much as they can. Please know I am not condemning either one of these groups of people, I am just challenging their thinking and wanting them to understand their beliefs have consequences.

Think about your beliefs. Think about the consequences to your beliefs. What is your philosophy on life? religion? truth? God? Are you ok with that? Are you ok with the consequences to your belief? My prayer for you is that you will understand truth, that just because you want to believe a certain way it doesn’t change the truth of Scripture. God’s Word is proven true over and over again. Hell is a real consequence of beliefs outside of Jesus Christ. However, Heaven and more importantly eternity with Jesus is a consequence to belief in Christ.

“because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” - Romans 10:9

Further Reading: Romans 10, John 3

Promises

Do you ever forget about God?

If you're like me you can have a tendency to get caught up with the details of life and we tend to forget that God is in control and running the whole picture. So in the midst of our life if we tend to lose sight of God we will then often lose sight of God's promises.

Living in a house with 5 young men is sometimes challenging, encouraging, and entertaining. We get into many talks and recently it seems they guys have been really struggling with losing sight of God's truths and his promises. So this past week I decided we were going to do a project. They each had 5 days to search the scriptures and come up with promises that spoke to them. This morning we all got together and shared those promises. Here are a few that I would like to share with you.

"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6

"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:28-31

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go" Joshua 1:9

"And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us." 1 John 5:14

"for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1

These are just a few of what we discussed this morning. If you have a moment I would also encourage you to read Revelation 21. It is an amazing picture of what God promises us.