Feb 2: 1 Kings 6-9
Chapter 7 goes into great detail the construction of the palace and temple King Solomon creates. The innermost room of the temple holds the Most Holy Place and I thought that was fitting. God's room is the core of the temple and everything else is around it. Our lives should really mirror this design. God should be at the center of our hearts and of our lives and everything should resound off of this.
One of the main themes from our retreat this past weekend was repentance. I've realized that I'm lacking in this department immensely and was humbled by the speaker Dr. Kim's message. When doctors told him he was terminal in his thirties, he went up to Big Bear Mountain in Cali and just struggled with God for over a week. During this time, God humbled him and told him to repent for all the nastiness in his life. Dr. Kim ended up writing down 52 pages of sins on paper, coming clean with God, and is still alive at age 70!
I don't think I could come close to that many pages of sin on paper, not because of the lack of sin in my life, but because of the lack of true repentance and true understanding of my sins. I ask God to forgive me for things here and there, but I'm not really digging deep or getting to the root of these sins. I need God to help reveal ALL my sins to me, even getting to the real nasty stuff. I'm confident that God will help me develop this area of my life and I'm assured that once I ask for true forgiveness, His blood and the cross will wipe me clean and finally God will be able to be at the center of my heart and my life.
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you know what two words im really encouraged by in the bible? sanctification and vindication. i have faith that i am sanctified because His blood covers me, and God sees me as righteous. But I also ask Jesus to vindicate me, (like in the psalms), to beg for mercy and forgiveness. It's two different things you wouldn't think it would work..but it pulls together and challenges me. Wow..amazing! Praise God.
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