11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Zechariah 7:1-14

Pop-Out Verse:
"When I called to them, they would not listen. So when they called to me, I would not listen,' says the Lord All-Powerful."
- Zechariah 7:13 (NCV)

Relation to NOW:
I keep yearning for the Lord and try to find out what He's saying to me. He's been answering my prayer. I have just been so closed minded. If I don't LISTEN to him, then He won't LISTEN to me when I cry out. This verse scares me but this is the TRUTH.

God in MOTION:
I need to manage my time and not put anything before Him. I need to have that daily one-on-one quiet time. NO MORE EXCUSES

OTHER thoughts:
(v. 6) rationalizing and selfishness
(v. 9) "do what is right and true"
(v. 10) "don't even THINK of doing evil"
(v. 12) "hearts as hard as a rock" OWNED

Prayer:
Thank you for the Truth; may I continue to grow in You. Teach me to LISTEN in Jesus' Name. AMEN

"GOD made my life complete
when I placed all the pieces before him.
When I got my act together.
he gave me a fresh start.
Now I'm alert to GOD's ways;
I don't take GOD for granted.
Every day I review th ways he works;
I try not to miss a trick.
I feel put back together,
and I'm watching my step.
GOD rewrote the text of my life
when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes."

- Psalm 18:20-24 (THE MESSAGE // REMIX)