Devotional thoughts...

I am in Psalms right now, which just blows me away every time I get to it in my reading. A few years ago I became a systematic Bible reader. What do I mean by that? I read through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and then start over again. I am big on journaling so I have kept journals of devo thoughts since I started doing that. I've loved going back to read some of the things that God taught me. I love reading the Bible that way as well because it keeps me reading things that I may not choose to read (ie. Leviticus). I haven't always been real big on devotional books. One reason why is because I think people have replaced the Bible with devotional books and that I think is a HUGE mistake. With that said, I think devotional books WITH the Bible can be a very great tool. As you may or may not know I've been reading out of Oswald Chambers "My Utmost..." this year. I have loved it.

Here is another thought from Oz from Dec. 6th, and it goes along with this Sundays message: "...As long as we keep demanding, we can't enjoy His generosity. To say 'I'm not making a commitment until I see what I'm getting' shows a lack of understanding..." "...Waiting for God is incarnate unbelief, it means that I have not faith in Him; I wait for Him to do something in me that I may trust in that." "...I do not believe God unless He will give me something in my hand whereby I may know I have it, then I say --- 'Now I believe.' There is no faith there."

Seeing is NOT believing. Faith comes in things we can't see, and in things we do not yet have. Belief that God CAN, not that he does!