Text: Psalm 119:1-32, Isaiah 55:1-9, Matthew 5:17-18
The Bible is The Story. God’s story.
It is not about us. It is about Him.
This Story – the true tale of the Kingdom of God and the revelation of Jesus Christ – is ongoing and everlasting, the beginning and the end. And we are in it, whether we are aware of it or not.
It is The Story of a God who created in love, who revealed Himself fully through Jesus, and who accomplishes His purposes and His glory through a relentless, magnificent outpouring of grace and mercy on the likes of us. It is a redemption story, and though it is our redemption story, it is still all about Him. It is for His glory.
(Do you hear the freedom in that today? The story does not have to be about you. You do not have to be the star. You are free from performing a flawless act, free from outlining the perfect plot, free from orchestrating impressive, camera-worthy moments. That’s all God’s job. This is His Story.)
So what kind of relationship do we have with The Story – this living, active Word of God? Are we engaging with God’s Word in our daily lives?
Sisters, that is why we’re here. She Reads Truth was founded (accidentally, but more on that another time) on the life-changing reality that God speaks to us through His Word. We are here to meet with Christ, to know Him as He is revealed in the Scriptures. To truly know Him, to live a life of abundance and grace and joy and meaning in relationship with Christ Jesus, we must listen to Him speak.
So. Will we listen? Will we awaken to The Story and become fully alive to our role in it? Will we come to the table of these pages daily, ready to receive the day’s meal, not simply to live but to thrive? Will we enter in, or will we window shop as it is convenient for us?
I pray we enter in. I pray we come like the Greeks to Philip in John 12:21, saying, “We want to see Jesus.” May the Holy Spirit meet us as we come, and may our souls dance with abandon in the pages of this beautiful Story we did not write. Amen.
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Thank you for this reminder of truth! As I prepare for our 2nd year of homeschooling, this truth is the anthem of my thoughts! It is His story, amen!
This Truth is SO humbling. God is the perfect fulfillment and shows me that I don’t have to play the perfect role because He did! Do I still want to play his role sometimes? Yes, but learning to worship Him again is changing that perspective!!
The story of me being a stay at home mom is not my story, it is God’s story.
So often, Christians get caught up in “being a good Christian” I know that when I stray from the path, I question my salvation, ” how can God really love me, I’m an awful person,” I forget that I’m not the star, I will fail and it’s nice to know that nobody is holding me up on a pedestal of perfection, I’m free to be me and grow in God at the pace he has set for me, how freeing is that!
It is amazing to know that a weight can be lifted of your shoulders knowing this is ALL ABOUT HIM. I pray that all of us can live a life together in Jesus Christ and that we seek him all the time in all of our thoughts and actions.
To truly no him to live a life of abundance and grace and joy and meaning in the relationship Jesus Christ we must listen to him speak. So often times I think I get wrapped up in trying to pray and ask God for things I need and I Forget to just sit there and listen to him. That’s my prayer. That I would be able to just sit there and wait upon the Lord.