Ummm Good...

I heard a woman once teach, "Do not be spoon fed the Gospel." That thought strikes me now as it did then, as a principle that I wanted to live by. Don't get me wrong, we have, and I listen to, some fantastic Bible teachers. In my church in books and on the radio. I am now just starting a new Bible study and I am so excited to see how God will teach me through it. BUT... God has also given to me the best Bible teacher I could ever have, and it is His spirit that lives in me.

I read a devotional yesterday that was really beautiful. So this morning I started by going back to the verse that was used and started reading. It is a familiar passage of scripture and I have read and heard teaching on it before. Today though it was a little different. There is a portion that I have often heard, "For you will always have the poor with you." A statement made by Jesus in response to criticism from people, when a woman "wasted" money by using a vial of perfume on Jesus instead of selling to give to the poor.

Today though as I was reading it, I realized that the statement was only part of the sentence. That one portion says, "For you will always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them". There is a little more to that verse, but it was the second part of the statement that caught my eye. It spoke to me, "Whenever I wish I can do good to them."

So as I think about the second part to that verse, I start to feel like I did not have the whole story. "Hey, even Jesus said that there would always be poor people". So I will do what I can, I am not rich. I can give some old clothes, maybe some money and those small household goods I don't need anymore and I will have done my part. That just doesn't seem good enough to me anymore? I don't believe that this is the time I am going to "save the world", but I do believe that God is changing my heart for something. Not sure what it is though?

What am I sure of? It is that God wants to speak to us, all of us. I am grateful that God's spirit, that is in me, got me going this morning. Reminded me to sit down, open the word and shut up for a few minutes today. So that He could show me something good.