Sorry to all who have been patiently waiting, but I am finding it is much easier to start a blog than keep it running. The summer is starting to catch up with me and I am starting to feel the drain on all 3 "tanks" (emotional, physical and spiritual). However, it really is amazing the sustenance that comes from reading the Word and the rejuvenating potential of others (although I am a people person).
Week 3 focused on Relationships. It really was a blessed week, not just for my own intake and transformation, but of my team members as well. Looking at the first and second chapters of Genesis we see the essential human relationships and how they relate to man and God. First we see our relationship with God and his position to us as creator and master. Next we see God giving a mission/ purpose to Adam. These are crucial because if one's mission is first it will ultimately lead to a self-driven, works driven life that seeks to accomplish the goals of "self" as a priority over friends, family, etc. God then sees that Adam needs a helper to accomplish his mission, but knows that there is no beast suitable. Enter Eve. The perfect mate and helper for Adam who rejoices by crying, "This at last is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh!" His joyous cries of finally finding a helper that perfectly matches him AND his mission is amazing and beautiful. We must see this mate as 2nd to our master for several reasons. 1) We live in a world of broken humanity where relationships between people are not as they should be and we as humans cannot be the purpose and drive for our life. We cannot satisfy and bring life to one another the way that God does. I know this personally and lived in the depravity of seeking purpose and meaning in another besides God only to hurt those in my life, her's and each other. 2) It is God who gives us our mission AND our mate. Adam was asleep in the garden of Eden when God brought Eve to him, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!! God is the initiator, not Adam. Our purpose here is to glorify God, to bring him glory in a life filled with praise and obedience, even in our relationships by making sure that He is the center of them all.
3 Questions:
1) Who is your master?
2) What is your mission/purpose?
3) Are you truly committed to let God's timing with a mate take precedent over your own desires?
Just some thoughts, joys and questions I am pondering.
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