Searching For Silver

Well i'm back, reality took very little time to set in. I have a lot ahead of me, from district apps and references to the daily grind of whatever my day brings. It's not something that was unexpected or caught me off guard, because i knew eventually i would feel this way. I've got the chance to pick up alot of the teams coming home from mission trips this summer. It's so great to hear their stories, what God did, what they ate, or where they went. I remember the same kind of feeling, not this crazy mountaintop experience or anything, but enough to affirm me in my calling and what God has for me. So now I'm back to "regular" life, whatever that means, and it's time to feed myself again.

Being on the missionfield you live and breathe service to God, ministering to people and helping people. Its like a constant filling emptying and refilling of Gods spirit. And then you come home, and you run off that for a while, thanking God for what he's done, and all of a sudden its back to the daily choices, trials, and temptations of life. That same life and breath of service to God is no longer as easy as it was, but now a constant choice. I'm learning and have learned that almost everything in life is a choice. The choice to do good, the choice to do evil, the choice to be unproductive, the choice to engage. With everything comes a breaking point in which you will choose to further Gods kingdom, slow it down, break it down, or simply be happy with the way it is. I have found that the answer or at least primary thing we must seek with all these choices is wisdom. Proverbs 2 instructs us to ask God for wisdom because he will grant us that wisdom when we cry out for insight. It says to search for wisdom like we would search for silver or treasure and then we will understand the fear of the lord and gain knowledge of Him. God can and will give us the wisdom we need to get through times of choice...which for me is everyday.

Along with that James 1:5-6 says in the NMT(New Manuel Translation)..lol "Go ahead and ask for wisdom from God, because he will give it to you. But make sure you trust in the wisdom he has given you, not doubting what he has spoken" Sometimes when God gives us the wisdom to make a decision, we are still tempted to go against what we know He wants us to do. The bible describes people like that as waves in the sea tossed back and forth. I don't know about you, but i only want to move forward with my lord, not stationary, and definitely not away. So lets search, receive, and use the wisdom that God has so graciously made available!