Sunday, July 30, 2006

• Growing in our Knowledge of God!

  I've struggled with fear since I was a small child.  Then, as a young mother, I feared that something would happen to my son. I was such a young Christian and had a very faulty view of God. I would lay on my bed and cry about the possibility of God taking him because I loved him too much. I think back now and wonder how the Lord endured my foolishness. (Praise God for the blood of Jesus that covers my sins!) I wasted many hours in senseless fear over something I had no control of. (God has given me 29 good years with this same son!) As my understanding of God grew and I began to study about His sovereignty, love and wisdom the fear began to lose it's hold on me. But, of course, with each new day their is always the opportunity through trials and temptations to set our minds on the possibility of loss which always has fear attached to it. Fear is very ME focused and how a situation will effect ME. So, I'm learning that when I begin to fear to cast the care/worry onto the Lord, trust Him with the future and then GET TO WORK doing whatever needs to be done for that day. Eph. 4:22-24, Phil. 4:6-8

  KNOWING GOD is a fascinating study and one that you would not tire of for years on end. I've collected a myriad of Scriptures over the years for many of His attributes so they are easily assessable in the time of trials. Just imagine how our view of God would be elevated and our faith increased if we collected just 1 scripture daily on a chosen attribute for each month. Imagine!! If you don't know where to begin may I suggest studying the attribute of His sovereignty?

   Did you know that we are COMMANDED to grow in our knowledge of God?

   2 Pet 3:18 -  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  Here are just a few scriptures on KNOWING GOD. Take notice of the blessings promised in knowing God!

  2 Peter 1:3 - His divine power has granted us every thing pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

  Dan 11:32 .... but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

  Eph. 1:17 ....that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

  Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches;  But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD.                          Jer 9:23-24
  
  "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord." 2 Peter 1:2

  If you go to our other website I have a list of some attributes and books on the topic.

  http://www.awomanthatfearsthelord.com/view/?pageID=130140

  A good concordance, Topical Study Bible is a great help. There is a free Bible search engine on our homepage, also.

  http://www.awomanthatfearsthelord.com

  Another good resource:

  http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/Godattributes.html

  Just imagine how our view of God would be changed if we collected just 1 scripture on an attribute each day for a month. Have any of you gals ever done this kind of study? If so, then I'd love to hear how it has blessed you!

  Blessing to each one of you!
  Georgene

  
   

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