Romans 8:7 NIV
“the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.”
As we consider how we might live differently if we had one month to live, God’s Word reminds us to practice the lost art of humility. By nature we prefer pride to humility and dominance over submission. But there’s a reason why we call Jesus our Lord. He reigns and rules over us. It requires humility to acknowledge God’s sovereignty and submission to accept His Word and will for our lives.
It’s taken me a few years to figure out that I don’t know best. I’ve had to endure some divine discipline to come to that realization and while I still buck it, I realize that God is in control and His ways are higher (and better) than mine. As we seek to live passionately and love completely, it will do us well to learn humbly from God as well. We do this as we consume God’s Word and as we learn from the challenges He allows in our lives.
God teaches with ultimate and absolute Wisdom. He disciplines out of love and concern. Listen and learn humbly. God is preparing you for His purposes and for an eternity of peaceful perfection with Him!
Your fellow student,
Pastor Prigge
This Week at Victory
Sunday 8 and 10:45 a.m Worship – ‘One Month to Live – Learn Humbly’
9:30 a.m. Bible Study – Know What You Believe – ‘Little known’ Lutheran Christian teachings.
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I feel like I am in the fire all the time! Fighting, fighting, fighting against my own will. Why can I not just surrender to it? It drives me crazy!! I know through my entire being that God truly knows and does what is best for me and yet I constantly tell Him what I want and then fight for it.
Lord, help me surrender and just trust YOU!!
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