Coming back to it

Hey everyone,

What a gorgeous day it is in Fargo! And here I am, sitting on the computer again...something must be wrong with me!?! =)

So, just a little thought (by the way, I say 'so' A LOT; it's a little ridiculous. Please bear with me.). Today in church, my pastor talked on the importance of being good stewards with what God has blessed us with. The sermon focused mainly around monetary, but it applies to a number of areas. The main teaching Scripture Dale (my pastor) used today was Proverbs 30: 7-9. A little funny for me, 1) because I blogged on it about a month ago after reading it and 2) I have been praying this exact Scripture over my life for the past few weeks.

I think it is so interesting how God is working! And so I'm bring you all back to this Scripture as well. Proverbs 30:7-9 says: "Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God." (ESV)

Once again, I reiterate what I have said before, in that I love what Agur asks of God. He does not ask for a comfortable, pleasant life. He asks God to keep him steadfast in his pursuit of Him; he begs God to help him be a man of integrity; and he prays that God would only fill him with what is necessary, that in all he does, he may bring praise and glory to the Father. What a prayer! And that is why I am praying it for myself. That is what I beg of God to do--to pour His strength in me so that I would stand tall in Him! So that I would be a man on fire and living to bless His name alone. These are hard words to put into practice, but they are definitely full of meaning and a worthy pursuit (I believe THE only worthy pursuit) to push after.

Another thing happened today that reminded me of this prayer and, very ironically, tied very well to Dale's message. If anyone was wondering, I am not the most stable financial person. I will be very clear on that. I am 22, and just out of college, and working on some debt. But today, I wrote out some checks to pay my bills. After I finished that this morning, I looked at what would be in my bank account after those bills went through. I found I had a substantial amount of money left over. As I was driving to church this morning, I very much felt God telling me to be wise with these funds. I will say that when I have an abundance of money, I tend to spend it very easily. I believe that the responsibility I have for the rest of this month is to be wise with those funds in how I use them, so that I honor God. After reflecting a little more, I posed the question to myself if this was God, in a way, honoring/answering this prayer by providing for me now, that I might be responsible during this season of my life, and prepared for one to come. Just a little food for thought.

Okay, that turned into a very long post! Feel free to comment in anyway! I love seeing comments on here!

Be blessed by His amazing grace!