Drink It.

The Word is Life. Jesus is the word.

If the Word is life then why am I not drinking it? 

As Christian Gonzalez came to spend a week with us, the Father gave me revelation through what He spoke to Christian: 

     Filling up a cup of water. As the water is in the cup you observe it, protect it, and you try not to let it   spill. Someone comes over and knocks it out of your hand, you now have no water left in the cup. The only way   to keep the water is to drink it. If it remains in the cup, what purpose does it have? It's the same way with the word. The word is life, but it needs to be a part of you. It needs to be in you.

Such a simple picture from the Lord and it allowed me to realize the importance of the word. We get the privilege of having the word in our hands and the ability to have free reign in reading it whenever. The Bible isn't just a book, it's life. Without it everything would be meaningless. The Book gives us access to the Father, it gives us life, it guides us and teaches us everything we need to know. 

I'm in awe of how it's connected from beginning to end and wondering why I've never had the desire to really dig into the scripture. It has always seemed boring and only a few books seemed interesting to read. I also thought it wasn't for me to understand but I was so wrong about that. Jesus has given us an Author to be with us the entire time we read the word. All we have to do is ask. John 14 says Holy Spirit is our teacher and I am a witness letting you know that Holy Spirit is a pretty awesome teacher! Something we learned this week from one of the staff was how to really engage in what we are reading:

1. Pray. Invite the Holy Spirit to come and teach you. Ask Him to reveal the things you don't see or understand. Ask for wisdom and revelation (Ephesians 1:17). 
2. Observe. What does the text say? When we look at it all together we get the whole picture of God.
3. Interpretation. Seeing what it is communicating to us. The bible was not written to us but it is for us. Take yourself back in time (culture, place.) 
4. Application. What does it mean to you? We can learn, learn, learn but if it doesn't change us, then what is the point? This is the number one goal!

Who and what are you living for? If you have a desire to really know the Father, the only way to do that is to drink the water. As we start to drink the water He will turn it into a flowing river..rushing waters. Start memorizing (this is something I've been challenging myself with). Memorization is a 'container'. He wants His word to live in His sons and daughters! 

Something I was struck with this week was 1 John 1: 6 "Whoever claims to live in him, must walk as Jesus did." I read this over and over again. I do claim that I am a daughter of the Father who lives within me and I in Him. Therefore I must walk as He did. Jesus is the perfect example and my desire is to follow Him with all that I am. The more I am in the word, the more I get to know my Father. This honestly blows my mind. 

Dear sons and daughters, continue in Him, so that when He appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 1 John 2:28.