It will never cease to amaze me the power that Scripture possesses to peel back the layers of our hearts. I am in a Saturday morning Bible study with a few guys on zoom and we are going through 1 Peter really slowly and intentionally. I encourage you all to read through it if you’re looking for some scripture to study. It is packed with so much. We were in Chapter 2 going through the portion of the text that was instructing us on submission to authority. I will go ahead and admit that text offended me right away but I know the Word of God is Truth. I started being flooded by memories of leadership figures and people who I gave access to my life who mishandled me. I thought about those that I’ve mishandled. I thought about relationships in my life that I felt had no closure. I thought about those who I still wanted revenge over and many situations in which I wanted vindication. All of these things were deep seated in my heart. I brought all of this before the Lord after we hung up our zoom call. I went back to the text and read it again. All of a sudden a wave of the presence of God consumed me and I just wept. It was after I read verses 21-25. Let me share it with you:
Do I trust God's Justice System?
Do I trust God's Justice System?
Do I trust God's Justice System?
It will never cease to amaze me the power that Scripture possesses to peel back the layers of our hearts. I am in a Saturday morning Bible study with a few guys on zoom and we are going through 1 Peter really slowly and intentionally. I encourage you all to read through it if you’re looking for some scripture to study. It is packed with so much. We were in Chapter 2 going through the portion of the text that was instructing us on submission to authority. I will go ahead and admit that text offended me right away but I know the Word of God is Truth. I started being flooded by memories of leadership figures and people who I gave access to my life who mishandled me. I thought about those that I’ve mishandled. I thought about relationships in my life that I felt had no closure. I thought about those who I still wanted revenge over and many situations in which I wanted vindication. All of these things were deep seated in my heart. I brought all of this before the Lord after we hung up our zoom call. I went back to the text and read it again. All of a sudden a wave of the presence of God consumed me and I just wept. It was after I read verses 21-25. Let me share it with you: