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Monday, March 24, 2008♥ 9:43 PM
Pastor YC "Psalm 84: Evaluation"  Evaluation time.
We've gone through an extended season of fasting from food, TV, computer games (among the more common activities that suck up our time) in order that we may return to the fundamental building blocks of our lives.
How much do we truly DELIGHT in the Lord after this extended season of DISCIPLINE?
I found myself asking this question late last week and today's psalm is so timely. It paints for us a picture of pure and unadulterated delight in the Lord. A picture of intense longing and deep hunger to be in God's presence
PS 84:1-2 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
PS 84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young--a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
PS 84:10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
.gif) I have grown to delight in God's Word more after this season. I'm reading and meditating on it throughout the day. I ask God not to let me go until He has given me revelation from His word. And I've committed to blog my reflections everyday.
There is still a temptation to just be lazy and go about my daily life without intentionally seeking His inspiration and guidance, but I think on a scale of 1 to 10, I've moved from 5 to 7.
.jpg) I've grown to depend more on prayer after this season. In my heart there is change, and the actions are slowly changing according to what is inside. I pray more on my own, pray with more people, in more places than in the past. I am thinking about how we can make prayer central in the ministry again.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I think I've moved from 4 to 6.
Still far from the psalmist in Ps 84. Yet seeking God is a lifelong journey.
Oh Lord, make me hot for you. Do not allow me to remain in a lukewarm state and become statisfied with cruising along.
__________________________________________________________________ Dear everyone, Consider evaluating your life presently: How much have you grown in terms of intimacy with God? How would you rate yourself before and how would you rate yourself after? For myself, I have grown throughout this period and am closer to God than in the past. nearing the end of the fast and prayer, I have however allowed busyness to overwhelm me and give me an excuse not to spend time with God. I rate myself from 4 to 6. dawn
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