I thought last night was fantastic. Good food and great conversation. We looked at Luke 6:24-38 from the message version. I shared about how God was working in my life and setting off little mini-bombs of truth. I have so much to learn!!
"But it's trouble ahead if you think you have it made. What you have is all you'll ever get
And it's trouble ahead if you're satisfied with yourself. Your self will not satisfy you for long.
And it's trouble ahead if you think life's all fun and games. There's suffering to be met, and you're going to meet it.
There's trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests - look how many scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your task is to be true, not popular"
"Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults - unless, of course, you want the same treatement. Don't condemn those who are down, that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people, you'll find life a lot easier. Give away your life, you'll find life given back, but not merely given back - given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."
I've read this passage before, but this week I read it again and felt so very convicted. Has that ever happened to you? Some shared last night which of these verses (the ones included above and all the way through to v 38) hit them.
It's a very healthy thing to look at and evaluate your life in relation to God's word. Allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal things in your life that need to change can be painful, but brings you into deeper relationship/communion with God. I don't think I do it often enough.
Some didn't share last night and some weren't there last night. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'd love to hear what God is teaching you!!
