"Always make a practice of provoking your own mind to think out what it accepts easily. Our position is not ours until we make it ours by suffering." -Oswald Chambers
Being in a new environment in CA has presented me with many opportunities to sort through or "process" (a word I apparently use more than I realize :) a handful of different topics. I often find myself wondering, "Why do I believe this?" and "What does God's word say about that?"
It's really stretched me to search deeper into my God's truth and wrestle through things I have easily accepted before (like essentials in a church, missions, relationships, etc.) But coming out on the other side, becoming more confident in my convictions, is very rewarding.
2 Timothy 2:15 is so provoking...it says,
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
What a huge responsibility! God, please help me to see You and Your truth more clearly...
Being in a new environment in CA has presented me with many opportunities to sort through or "process" (a word I apparently use more than I realize :) a handful of different topics. I often find myself wondering, "Why do I believe this?" and "What does God's word say about that?"
It's really stretched me to search deeper into my God's truth and wrestle through things I have easily accepted before (like essentials in a church, missions, relationships, etc.) But coming out on the other side, becoming more confident in my convictions, is very rewarding.
2 Timothy 2:15 is so provoking...it says,
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
What a huge responsibility! God, please help me to see You and Your truth more clearly...
1 comment:
So True Kristen. Reading Chambers' quote was a good reminder that I need to be aware of the things that I just accept.
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