"You must keep yourself in the proper condition to allow the life of the Son of God to be manifested in you, and you cannot keep yourself fit if you give way to self-pity. Our circumstances are the means God uses to exhibit just how wonderfully perfect and extraordinarily pure His Son is. Discovering a new way of manifesting the Son of God should make our heart beat with renewed excitement. It is one thing to choose adversity, and quite another to enter into adversity through the orchestrating of our circumstances by God’s sovereignty. And if God puts you into adversity, He is adequately sufficient to "supply all your need" ( Philippians 4:19 )."
I liked that. I've been so busy with school and life lately. Pretty much every minute of my days have been scheduled. I've been spending an average of about 5 hours in the lab a day working on projects. Adversity. It's refreshing to think God is in control....that He puts us in challenging situations so that He could be glorified in new ways.
We did smallgroup this week on the names of God. Pretty cool stuff. Some I particularly liked:
YHVH (Yahweh, Jehova, etc) - Self Existent or Eternal One. When Moses asked God at the burning bush what he should say His name was, God responds: "I Am Who I Am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you." ~ Exodus 3:14
Sometimes I try to think about that, but it just blows my mind. We define ourselves (and everything) in terms of something else....always. I am Danny G. I am a student. I am an engineer. I am a person. For God, it is simply 'I AM'. He is all that is. All that is was created by Him. Without Him, nothing would be. Nothing would exist. Try and wrap your mind around that one.
Jehovah-Jireh - The LORD will Provide. Just like Oswald was saying above, He is adequately sufficient to supply all of our needs. I took a test last week that I thought I failed. Well, I did. I got a 56%. But, the professor patted me on the back and said I did very well when he returned my test. 56% happened to be on the upper half of the bell-curve. Jehovah-Jireh.
About a month and a half ago, I set out on a journey to raise $4700 to go to Africa this summer. It seemed like a lot. At the orientation they told us to send out letters and follow up by calling people and what not. That takes a lot of time, though, which I just really didn't have this quarter. So I just sent out about 60 letters and hoped and prayed money would come in. Well, as of last night, I am 101% supported for my trip. And the other miscellaneous costs that aren't budgeted (like flying to DC) should be covered with more money that people say they'd like to donate and other upcoming fund raisers. Jehovah-Jireh.
Jehovah-Tsidkenu - The LORD is our Righteousness. I like this one a lot. It's pretty incredible in it's prophetic context:
"The days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.
This is the name by which he will be called:
The LORD Our Righteousness.
~ Jer 23:5-6
The LORD is our Righteousness. Jesus is my righteousness. I couldn't have it any other way. God knew and foretold the story of Jesus in the days of Jeremiah. It was always under His control. Pretty sweet.
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