Truths

I just wanted to write a short bit on what God has taught me this week. It is something i feel he has been trying to teach me for a long time, and it was while listening to a sermon by Paul Washer that it was revealed to me. On a side note, God has used Paul Washer greatly to teach me his truths. If you know me, you know i have had my house up for sale for a while, well also i have my truck, a set of tires, and my mountain bike for sale. I am doing whatever i can to get out of debt so that i can go to seminary and follow Gods call on my life. So i have for a while been very easy with giving God all my stuff. He took away my desire to have stuff. It was just last week though that the stuff in my life is not what God really wants from me, the most important thing God wants me to lay down at his feet is my life, and i don't just mean in salvation, but in sanctification. I have realized that my time was not honoring God, even as involved into church as I am, I am doing alot of stuff in church, that keeps me really busy, but my personal relationship with Christ was not growing. I have not been truly studying his word, I was reading little devotions, but what is that, 5 min with God then throw him back on the shelf until tomorrow night. The time i spend with Jesus should be 24 hours a day, and also spend specific time studying his word myself and not just rely on someone elses study. I have come to realize that when i spend time listening to sermons on my ipod (thank you itunes) and studying my Bible, my days are amazing. I have prayed deeply for a while that God would take control of my finances, and just since i have made the covenant with God about my time, my tires sold today, and also my house is showing today which it has not done in over two months. So the truth i learned is that when you finally open your ears and hear what God is trying to teach you and you listen and apply it, he will bless you for following in his will on your life. God is so awesome and I know he will continue to reveal himself and his truths to me!