Day 46

Sorry I was not able to post over this weekend. I got sick on Friday and had a pounding headache all day. I have spent most of the weekend resting and trying to get my strength and health back. I was not even in the word which is definitely not okay, it more than likely would be beneficial for me to look into God's word and find strength even when I am weak but I just was not able to. However, it did kill me all weekend that I did not do it even when I knew that I should. I felt so convicted because I made it a goal to stay with this every day and I do not want to come up short of that goal. My effort was not 100% and I am not ashamed to say that but just as I was trying to start when I began this blog, I am trying to work towards putting 100% effort everyday and going to bed every night knowing that I had nothing else to give on that particular day. Whether it was spending the whole day with a friend who just needed an ear or going to class and just helping someone out with a good attitude throughout the day. My heart reflects the things I do and doing things with a good heart is a whole lot better than doing things with a bitter or unwilling heart.  

I was thinking about how I go about this blog and when I get around to it everyday. I know at the beginning I said I was going to do my best to do it when I had free time during the day but I have not been doing a very good job at that either. Then I thought to myself that I did not necessarily have to do my blog the first time that I could, but I should at least be giving time to God at the first possible time during the day.  It is said in Deuteronomy 26: 1-11, "When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name and say to the priest in office at the time, ' I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our forefathers to give us.' The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the alter of the Lord your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, putting us to hard labor. Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard out voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders. He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, O Lord, have given me.' Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. And you and the Levites and the aliens among you shall rejoice in all the Good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household."

It is not so much about me posting this blog right away in the morning but it is about me waking up and giving him praise for allowing me to wake up to another day. Getting into the word to see what he has for me to prepare me for my day whether it is a verse or a chapter. He has developed me so much in the past 7 weeks. I have learned from myself, from him, and from others. He has provided me with opportunities for baseball and I need to thank him for that. I need to continue to seek him and let him take care of the outcome. He has given me a great life in this great nation that has pretty much anything I need, working to bring this country and this land back to him. He has saved us from Satan and all the thoughts that he gives us. The evil that can stem from him being in our lives, the sin that can overtake us. This blog is my way of showing what he has done in me and what he is doing in those around me. This where I learn what direction he has for my life but at the same time I need to focus on what he has for me today. I think that they are one in the same but I can hear something from him that will benefit me right away and can help me through a given day but I can also hear stuff that I need to work on and that will take time for me to apply to my life. It just depends on what the struggle is.  If we turn back in praise everything that he has given us, we will be blessed more than we could ever fathom.  It is not about doing what is demanded, it is about doing what is asked and being obedient. Being faithful cannot do you any harm, it can only lead to good. Not always in the form that we understand or want but it ill turn out for good.  The Israelite's slavery in Egypt was not fun for them, but it allowed a leader to be brought up to lead them out and to show them that God still did have favor on them. In the end they were blessed because of their faith and their obedience.

The forms of the firstfruits can be different and can have different meanings. What firstfruits can you give? Whether it is tithing, time, or devotions, God wants our fristfruits in everything because it shows that we are devoted and willing to give him 100% no matter what is going on. Being sick is no excuse for me not posting because with strength in God and my own determination, I would have been able to get it done. What I am saying is that there are really no excuses for not doing the work of God, of course there are circumstances but in general, an excuse is just a way of saying you do not want to do it.  Surely will not happen again on my end.

Hope you all had a great weekend and enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Continue to read and seek him, because he is waiting to do something great.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson