Well, this is the last week of the “What Happens When Women Say Yes to God” Bible study with Proverbs 31
and what a blessing it has been! The
next study is in October and it will be on Renee Swope’s book, A Confident Heart!
You can sign up for this study here: http://proverbs31.org/online-bible-studies/
Please keep checking
in every Thursday for more of my ramblings and every day for my picture a day…that
doesn’t stop!
This week’s blog topic for me is “The Great Life and what
Psalm 81:10 means to me.” First off…let’s
see what Psalm 81:10 says:
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.”
The last sentence stays with
me. I repeat it over and over and
visualize it in my head. I think about
being empty and drained and that when I am in this place…something is going to
fill me. Something will always fill our empty
places. Like Lysa TerKeurst says, “Our
life will follow where we choose to focus our vision.” Our empty spaces will be filled by whatever
we choose to fill it with.
When I am empty I should have an
appetite for Him? Right? He has to become greater and I have to become
less. John 3:30.
God wants to communicate with me.
He wants me to stay without wavering. He
wants me to stick with Him and not to quit.
He wants me to stay full of His glory.
So, I open His word with my palms
facing up and say fill me….daily.
I have had a camera in my hand long
before my children were born…over 10 years.
This hobby of mine has become a quiet time with God. It helps me frame the moments. When you look through the camera…you can move…shift
your stance… to bring something into focus.
When we shift ourselves and focus on God we see Him throughout our
day. Really see Him…in people, things,
His masterpieces everywhere. This fills
me up. I can see all that He has for me
in the moment and it fills me.
All things are from Him…through
Him….and to Him. Be still and know.
“Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.” Letting God fill my empty places on a daily
basis helps me to be full. To be
satisfied in the Word and to crave Him.
The more I stick with Him…the more I crave Him. The more I desire His portions and not
mine.
1 Corinthians 2:7 (NEB) says, “His
secret purpose framed from the very beginning [is] to bring us to our full
glory.” His secret purpose is to fill us
full of His glory. But we have to first choose that. It’s a choice…choosing to
be filled with all that He gives...grace and glory. It’s a choice.
The gratitude lists I write out
daily help me to stay focused on Him…my choice.
When I focus on Him…giving thanks to Him…it changes my perspective and
the way I see things. Ann Voskamp says
that “in giving thanks for each moment and savoring it as bread from His hands,
I’d find sustenance and the grace of God Himself in it.”
Savoring
it as bread! Finding sustenance. Full.
Shift your focus, read and listen
to His word, pray and fill the empty places with Him. For me it is my daily choice, my daily bread and
what I want to be full of.
Who is not full when you have
Jesus? That is a GREAT life.
Awesome post and love your photo. I'm a visual person so that speaks to me. I too love taking pictures of the things around me. I like where you quoted 1 Corinthians 2:7 and you said 'His secret purpose is to fill us full of His glory. But we have to first choose that. It’s a choice…choosing to be filled with all that He gives...grace and glory. It’s a choice". Thank you for blessing me today.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn (OBS Group Leader)
=) thank you for your kind words...and thank you for stopping by!!
ReplyDeleteI love how you use your God-given gift to glorify him! Simply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that. Means a lot. =)
DeleteI like all of your thoughts and how you present them one at a time...they are easy to digest! I also try and keep a daily gratitude journal, (part of my treatment for depression), and have been doing Ann Voskamp's Joy Dare on my blog...have you considered this?
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading more as we head into the next study! :)