I was talking to a friend a little while back and he said, “You and I should be so much further along in our walk with Christ than we are.” My response was, “You’re right.” We both had our come to Jesus moment around the same time, 25 or so years ago. Even with all that time, we both feel that we should be more established in our faith than what we are. As I get older and another day closer to heaven, there are many things I wish I could say about how I live out my Christianity. I wish I knew the Bible as much as other people think I do. I wish I had as much of the joy of the Lord as what the Bible says I can. I wish I prayed as much as other people would like me to. I wish I could forget the pain of my past. I wish I wouldn’t experience the loneliness that I do at times, the fear of failure that I am plagued with, and the self doubt that leads me to believe that I am not good enough for anyone. I wish that I learned about the love of my Savior when I was younger. I wish that I loved the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind and strength without being distracted by the cares and worries of the world. I wish I feared God as much as He deserves. I wish I did the good works that I am called to fulfill and not just the ones I make time to do. There are many other things that I “wish”, but there are many more things that I know because of what is written in the scriptures, and these words change my wishes into reality by the conviction of the Holy Spirit. It is written in *Hebrews 4:12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.* There is power in the word of God that changes lives. I like the reasoning that Charles Spurgeon describes about wishes, “If you wish to know God, you must know his Word. If you wish to perceive His power, you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.” My beloved, may we get into His word so that His word will get into us, then He will help us be who we are meant to be and not just who we wish we were. In Christ Love, douglas. HE>i. pastord.blog

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