Today I choose to be active, to have an active faith. To be sensitive to God's calling in my life and to not allow my faith to become stagnant. I want to be always learning, always growing and always seeking how God can use me.
1 Peter 2:2-3 tells us "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." I think this is such a great challenge and reminder! Am I craving time in God's word like a baby craves food? Think about a newborn baby, (I have a 5 month old, so I get this for sure!) for the most part all they do is eat, sleep and poop. It's a cycle; they eat, sleep, poop and repeat...all day long. And when a baby is hungry, they let you know! They cry until they get what they crave. As we grow, food and sleep become a little less important, we still need both, but not every 3 hours. We become less dependent and can start to do other things with our day. I know for me, if I am having a really busy day, I can sometimes forget to eat a meal. These verses are challenging us to crave God's word, like a baby craves milk. But we must not stay like a baby in our spiritual maturity, we have to keep growing, keep learning and keep moving towards what God is calling us to do.
In 1 Peter 3:15 we are instructed to be prepared. "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." If we are going to be prepared to give the reason for the hope that we have, we have to be learning! We have to be spending time reading God's word and praying. We must be actively seeking God! We have to move!
I want the way I live my life to reflect the words of Psalm 16:8, "I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." There are many things that we can run after in life, but we are called to run after our God, to seek His will and to act when he calls!
I felt like God was calling me to start this 35 day study. He kept bringing back to my mind the idea of "Today I Choose" and how each day I have to choose how I am going to live. Then He gave me the idea of the words and how I could study the characteristics that I want to emulate in my life. So I decided that I had to act, because I felt like God was calling. And I am so glad that I did! I have already learned so much and I am only on day nine. Sometimes we just have to act, so that God can move!
So today, I choose active faith, to be always moving forward, always learning and always seeking how God can use me today!
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