I don’t know what I did last night, but whatever it was required me to readdress the password for this site. I logged into the site from my phone just to check its activity. It required me for the first time to enter the password which I thought I knew. In the process, our power went out and it wasn’t going to be restored to our area for a couple of hours. So, we went to bed. Well, anyway, it is all reset now and I can enter today’s journey message.

It seems that everything I’m doing of late is reminding me just how important it is to read all of God’s Word for its direct application for today. I’ve read through the bible many times in my lifetime, but this time more than ever, its message is alive. I’ve always thought God’s work with Moses and Joshua (and their closeness to Him) was due to just them–they were anointed or something. The message of His Word has never changed. It says that God used their leadership because they listened to Him and obeyed Him having the children of Israel doing the same. They believed and trusted.

Believing God will and does use me is amazing. He just wants me (each of us) to do these simple steps: listen to His voice from His Word and His Spirit within us and obey the message. God wanted man to see Him through the children of Israel’s obedience to Him in the Old Testament days. Then, He gave all of us His Son Jesus so we could see Him through His Son Jesus. No matter the timeframe, the important element here is believing and trusting. I’d have to write another book to tell all that God has done helping me fully believe He not only loves me, but He wants to use me. Trusting this enough to now do the counseling program has been so wonderful. How beautiful and humbling all of this is.