Tuesday, September 3, 2019

50 Final Thoughts: Read What You Write


Final Thoughts:  Read What You Write
#50 in the Series:  Daddy, It's Me--Conversations of an Ordinary Person with an Extraordinary Heavenly Father


It has been over six months since we set out on this journey.   I thought there were going to be about seven articles.  That has become fifty…
actually fifty-one if we count the intro…and I feel like I have barely licked the tip of the iceberg!  I am not dropping the blog, but we are going to be changing gears a bit.  It is still about freedom for your mustang heart, but we are going to look at it from a few different angles in the coming days and months.  What you have learned in these first months about hearing from God, will make the next ones more effective if you read with the idea of hearing Him speak through His Word or through the concepts He has had me share with you.  (If He can speak through a donkey (Numbers 22:2-41), He can use my fingers to share His words too.)

Having allayed your fears about the blog disappearing, I want to give you more encouragement to journal.  There are reasons behind the commands.


“Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭30:8‬ ‭NIV‬‬
Your journal will become a witness to your journey.  It will testify about where you started, what you have come through and where you are.  It may even hint as to where you are going.


“Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭2:2‬ ‭NIV‬‬
Your journal may become the means by which other people will hear or read about the revelations of God.


“At the Lord’s direction, Moses kept a written record of their progress. These are the stages of their march, identified by the different places where they stopped along the way.”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭33:2‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Your journal may include a travel log of where you have been physically as well as spiritually.


“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.””
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭17:14‬ ‭NIV‬‬
Somethings need to be remembered and passed on to others!  We as humans, especially as we get older, don’t remember things very well.  Having things written down surely makes things more efficient and accurate.


“I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.””
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭77:11-12‬ ‭NIV‬‬
There is nothing like a daily record that is reread from time to time to remind us of the deeds, the miracles, and the works and the mighty wonders of the Lord!


“Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭102:18‬ ‭NIV‬‬
What a wonderful idea to think that your journals could be passed down to your children or grandchildren or their children…and that they would come to praise the Lord as a result.


So decide what kind of journal you are going to keep and just do it…and don’t forget to go back and read former entries occasionally. 
“I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.””
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭77:11-12‬ ‭NIV‬‬


Onward to freedom for your mustang heart!





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