1 Timothy 4:8

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September 18,2017
“For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.”
1 Timothy 4:8

My knowledge of the Bible has defiantly increased since being here, but that knowledge I have obtained means nothing if I am not walking it out. From being in class to my own personal devotional time I have truly met God on a deeper level. But nothing beats feeling His presence when His word is played into action. Taking prayer more serious than I ever have and seeing those prayers being answered in my everyday walk with Him. I hold on to His promises and knowing that He has my life in His hands. Not knowing what tomorrow looks like, I must have the discipline in knowing that whatever happens is for a reason. I don’t need to have all the answers and I don’t need to ask questions, but only live out each day to bring God glory. Not boasting in anything I have done, but revealing God as real and true in my life. My prayer has constantly been for God to give me words to speak because my own don’t always match His. It is a constant laying down my wants and my desires to fully know His plans for my life. I am loving life more than I ever thought I could and its not my location in which I am found satisfied, but knowing that God is meeting me right where I am at whenever I call upon His name. My application is to wake up for the rest of the week praying that God wipes away my fleshly desires and replaces them with His words and promises.

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