Lessons From Scripture

    One lesson I learned from scripture this week is... Another journal prompt from Pinterest.

    Last week as I was entering my Bible reading time, I asked God to teach me something new.

    He showed and reminded me that there were many bad kings throughout the centuries who did terrible and unthinkable things. He showed me how old some of the kings were when they came into power. When I read these statements, all I could think was, "Wow, so much responsibility at such as young age."

    Back to my first thought, though, as I read about these bad kings and all the things they did, including leading their children away from the Lord. I was reminded of all the bad rulers we have had over the years, and it gave me comfort to see and be reminded, that even though it's awful to have bad rulers, it's all in God's hands and that this is nothing new to God. Meaning that not only does this not surprise God, but He already knows how He will handle them. While it does suck to live under crappy rulers, we need to remember that God is in control and that all we need to do is follow after Him and pray for our leaders.

    An evangelist came to our church last week and made the statement that even if you do not agree with the political party that someone is involved with, we need to view them as a "soul" and pray for them anyways. Meaning we are to think of them as a person and not a politician, especially if they are part of a party that we do not agree with. The evangelist was right . We need to put our political opinions aside and pray for our leaders.

    A few days later, I prayed the same prayer as I entered my morning quiet time. That time God reminded me that there are lots of people in the Bible who have gone through the same or at least similar struggles and situations that I have gone through and my loved ones around me. Meaning, that again, there is nothing new under the sun, I am not alone, and best of all, God is at work. Even when you do not see or feel it. Going through the valleys of life is never fun, but it is certainly encouraging to remember that I am not alone in whatever struggles that life tried to through my way.

    It's funny. Over the years, I have heard unbelievers and skeptics try and say that the Bible is outdated and not for today. I believe that they hold this view because either they do not want to believe the Word of God and all that God has for us in His Word or because they are not digging into The Word of God and are simply looking at it from an areal view vs an in-depth personal study of what happened to the people in the Bible and what their relationship with God looked like. Yes, the Bible was written a very long time ago in a different country with different social customs, but the message is still the same as yesterday, today and forever.

I pray this post finds you well on this beautiful Saturday and blesses you in whatever way you need today.

Happy Saturday, friend.

God Bless

~Hannah