Ok so let me get one thing straight I do NOT like zombies but, there is a reason for my title. When I listen to what my Pastor teaches sometimes I get inspired like this past Sunday. My Pastor is teaching from Deuteronomy and he spoke on humility. What is humility??? Humility is when you are more concerned about others than yourself (and you do not even know it).....let us not confuse humility with humiliate which means to make (someone) feel very ashamed or foolish (Merriam Webster online dictionary) two words so very similar in spelling and sound but, they have two totally different meanings.
Humility is being humble and being humble is not proud; and not thinking of yourself as better than other people sound familiar? Being humble can be faked and you can put on a good show for all to see but, what really matters is what God sees, that is where your heart is....NO ONE can fool God! (side note here my Pastor has such great little tidbits of information and most of everything in here......the idea came from him I am just adding my own little twist to it.) Onward and Upward??? well technically it is downward if you keep reading going up makes no sense what so ever......Humility and teachability is the platform for living! If we are not humble or teachable life can be ummmm interesting to say the least.....look at the Israelite's it took them 40 years to finally become teachable and actually learn but, they did not keep what they learned for long and life became complicated. Israel is the generation of unbelief does that sound like now???? with where our country is going I would say we are heading in that direction ourselves so very sad. (I actually took notes this week) "If we are in a humble place God wants us to be content" (Quoting Pastor Paul as best as I can) talk about WOW can you hit it any closer to home than that??? In my situation I actually have experienced humiliation as well as humbleness, am I content? well no I am not!! I really dislike where I am now but, on the bright side I do have a roof over my head even if I have wheels under my feet. I am thankful but, far from content....Have I been teachable? maybe not as much as I had thought. You see God tests us not because we do not know His heart but, to learn where, how our heart is. God does not ever reveal to us what is going to happen and that should drive us to our knees and to just have FAITH!!!! Yes there it is people the little 5 letter word we tend to struggle with. Being a believer is not about ya dude I believe there is a God what more do you need from me????
Deuteronomy 8:3 NASB says
3 He humbled you and let you be hungry, fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your father know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
Matthew 4:4 says the same thing (just different words) NASB
4 But He answered and said, "It is written, Man shall NOT live on bread alone, but on EVERY word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'
Our own pleasure is not our reward and anyone thinking they live for bread alone is one of.....(wait for it)....the living dead, see I told you my title had a reason ZOMBIES!!!!!! the word just popped into my head when my Pastor said "the living dead". Yes my friends I described it as we have Christians living on earth on bread alone and they are just like zombies....I do not want to be a zombie, I want to be ALIVE and full of God and His love. Even when we do not follow what God wants, when we disobey, God still loves us. It is our job to reach the lost, to pray for them. So many are searching for something and when they do not find it they take things into their own hands. It has a bigger affect on those around that were left to pick up the pieces. My prayer is this that God will drop a big revival on our world! Not just our nation but, world wide and those who are lost, sad and hurting might finally be found, happy and pain free. starting with our families, friends and spreading out from there just pray please let's pray that the zombies will come back to the land of the living.
That's my though for the day,
Peachy but, still Crazy for Christmas 135 days to go :-)
