So, i've decided to dedicate the majority of the rest of these posts to my walk with God. We'll see how that goes =)
I learned this at passion07 when i went to atlanta. the shane everrett way to do devos.
three steps
1. what is it saying
2. what does it mean
3. what does it mean to me
Success
Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name... romans 1:5 nkjv
obedience to faith is the part of that that caught my attention. it was essentially what paul wanted his ministry to be defined as. To have obedience to the faith. Now faith being the typical substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, but to have obedience to that is so much more than just saying "i have faith in..." and you fill in the "..."
"obedience to faith" is the definition of success, sure there are so many qualities out there that can serve as a gauge for success such as, your job, wealth, friends etc, but the obedience to faith and to God is the only one that can define "success"
now, it is impossible, well not impossible but one may not have an obedience to the faith in the begging of their walk with God, or not even during a later phase of their walk, but the point is that success, real success, in the end, at the finish, is when we can say that we have an obedience to the faith. that we have followed, chased, earnestly after God.
i think to a degree, everyone is looking for that "success" factor in their life, something in which they can define themselves by. Being able to say "i've done this" or "buy the car of their dreams to signify their achievement - success". but they are all just so "f'show" if you get what i mean. do we really need to reward ourselves by spending the big bucks, or by "boasting" - even though it's not always boasting, because it is a good thing to rejoice in success (don't get me wrong on that point). I guess, it's just a little more difficult to see when we have real success, that it is because of God, it is because of God that we are able to enjoy the success and triumphs in life, so tip your hat to him. I've always found it hard to thank God first, for the successes in my life, let alone have the obedience to the faith in the first part. time to start there.
Good night =)
I learned this at passion07 when i went to atlanta. the shane everrett way to do devos.
three steps
1. what is it saying
2. what does it mean
3. what does it mean to me
Success
Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name... romans 1:5 nkjv
obedience to faith is the part of that that caught my attention. it was essentially what paul wanted his ministry to be defined as. To have obedience to the faith. Now faith being the typical substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, but to have obedience to that is so much more than just saying "i have faith in..." and you fill in the "..."
"obedience to faith" is the definition of success, sure there are so many qualities out there that can serve as a gauge for success such as, your job, wealth, friends etc, but the obedience to faith and to God is the only one that can define "success"
now, it is impossible, well not impossible but one may not have an obedience to the faith in the begging of their walk with God, or not even during a later phase of their walk, but the point is that success, real success, in the end, at the finish, is when we can say that we have an obedience to the faith. that we have followed, chased, earnestly after God.
i think to a degree, everyone is looking for that "success" factor in their life, something in which they can define themselves by. Being able to say "i've done this" or "buy the car of their dreams to signify their achievement - success". but they are all just so "f'show" if you get what i mean. do we really need to reward ourselves by spending the big bucks, or by "boasting" - even though it's not always boasting, because it is a good thing to rejoice in success (don't get me wrong on that point). I guess, it's just a little more difficult to see when we have real success, that it is because of God, it is because of God that we are able to enjoy the success and triumphs in life, so tip your hat to him. I've always found it hard to thank God first, for the successes in my life, let alone have the obedience to the faith in the first part. time to start there.
Good night =)
