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The Exodus part 2

God took me out of my Egypt 7 years ago but there is still traces of Egypt in me. I love the fact that the Israelites were not going in circles in the desert for God to truly see what was in their hearts. I mean, imagine yourself going around in stinkin’ circles for 40 years. Year, after year, after year. Tell you what, some junk that you may have hidden in your heart will start surfacing. God is God and He knows everything so for the Israelites to go in circles in the desert was not for God to know what was in the people’s hearts but rather a chance for the people to realise what is lurking in their own hearts.

As previously mentioned, God has been working on me and it has been a while now. I have own of those tempers and anger that brings embarrassment to my own self haha. Being totally honest now so please don’t shout me down!  It comes out the most when i am playing either a video game, board game or sport (ESPECIALLY sports haha. The 07′ and 08′ OCC baseball team will agree haha.) I’ve come to the place in my life where i can identify it and deal with it when it comes up but it wasn’t always this way. It was hard and the reality is that it’s still very hard. I have to fight daily so that anger does not rise up. I’m just sharing this because this volleyball group on Tuesday is doing a pretty good job at bring out what truly is in my heart and praise God, though i still struggle with it a bit that it is an encouragement to my self to truly see how far i have already made it!

What is in YOUR heart?

The Exodus Part 1

God has been on my case about something for several years now and I really am dealing with it now. I love how God does things the way He does, and in HIS timing, not in ours. Ever wondered why God was wanting to deal with you in one area when YOU think/want to deal with something else that YOU think is more important?

I love the story of the Exodus, How God took His people out of the land of corruptin order to get the corrupt out of them. See, God is a God of order and process. If He makes us deal with everything at once, we wouldn’t be able to handle it. If God made me deal with everything that is wrong and messed up about me at once, I’ll probably kill my self haha. The reality is that we bury things within our hearts so deep sometimes because we are hurting so much and don’t want to let it be seen or want to see it our self. God had to Get them out of Egypt in order to take Egypt out of them.

A lot of times we surround ourselves with so much crap and take in so much junk that it’s what becomes of us. If i eat junk food everyday then my body will be filled of junk food and I’ll end up getting sick and all sorts of diseases will take over my body. Some of us do this very things and ask, “What do you mean I’m sick?” Sounds ridiculous right? Unfortuanately we do the very same with God.We Pay for lies, watch movies that deny Christ and use his name as swear words, we buy magazines that has nothing good in it unless you think junk is good. we listen to music that does NOT glorify God in anyways, and in fact it might even encourage to do the become part of the very behaviours that the Bible tells us to FLEE from. We feed ourselves all these things and then wonder why our devotional times are dry or just flat out suck! What you take it is what you’ll put out. What are YOU feeding your mind? Think about it!