Jesus be the centre

At Spring Harvest I bought a new Bible in a year book to refresh my reading of the scriptures. As a result I am currently reading Genesis and last night I was so inspired reading about Abraham.

When God asked Abraham to do something, even when it meant leaving family & friends and going to a unknown destination. Abraham didn't question God, He upped and leaved. His heart was fully given to God and He achieved the great things God had planned for him and was blessed as a result.

Too often in my life I stop letting God build the blocks of my life and start building myself, taking it in the creative direction I think is best. Whilst I am quite a creative person, I rarely get everything right and often this leaves aspects of my life in a messy place. This is when God has to knock the blocks down and start again, which is a very hard thing to go through. It is so easy to begin creating ourselves, it happens through small compromises.
We start following the world and our own desires on small things or one off occasions and then it grows.

One of the verses read at the Royal Wedding yesterday was Romans 12:1-2

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."


If we be who God made us to be, we will set the world on fire!


RevRunWisdom on Twitter tweeted this earlier - Feeling a little off course? Use G. P. S (G)ods (P)ositioning (S)ystem

Let's all put our eternal goggles on, fix our eyes on Jesus and set this world on fire!

Seek and you shall find

We took some of the young people to Ignite last week and something came to me afterwards. At Ignite there are about 500 young people and leaders there and whilst some sit in the middle where they can listen and participate easily, a percentage will sit around the main part of the hall talking and not really listening...I mean some of them listen & participate and not everyone can sit in the main bit anyway.

What I noticed and have been noticing a lot recently is this...those who put themselves into the presence of God, experience Him.

Often those who complain that they don't see God work or that God is not in their lives or helping them with anything have never truly looked for Him.

The Bible says:-

Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.


Luke 11:9
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.


There are several ways I find useful in knowing God in my life...

• Consistent and dedicated Bible reading - because faith comes from hearing the Word of God
• Concentrated, faithful prayer - because God is always with us and when we still everything else, only He is left
• Fixing my eyes upon Jesus - in all situations of the day, because He is there and wants to help us
• Making the right choices - such as choosing to do something for Him or spend time with Him instead of doing worldly things
• Worship - not just singing but living my life for Him...because God is in the praises of His people

If there is anything I have missed out, as I am far from perfect, please comment it in!

I encourage you all to really seek out God, and experience the fullness of life through Him. I guarantee He will not let you down.