"I Can't Keep Up"
Following our women's retreat, I read Max Lucado's book "Glory Days" which our speaker, Gail Mays, had mentioned. It really enhanced what was shared at the retreat. I'll share some of the highlights I gleaned from each chapter.
Glory Days
Chapter 1
The Israelites had a three-part pilgrimage. The first part of their journey found them fleeing Egypt where they had been slaves to Pharaoh. The Israelites then spent forty years wandering in the wilderness as slaves to fear. They had refused to take the land that God had promised them out of fear of the inhabitants. The final leg of their pilgrimage was into Canaan, the Promised Land, as people of the promise.
We can parallel our own lives with that of the Israelites. Our Egypt days were the days we spent prior to salvation. We were slaves to sin. Anytime we find ourselves in the wilderness, we are there as a result of living a defeated Christian life. But our final destiny is also Canaan, the Promised Land, which we can reach by living the victorious Christian life.
Canaan was an actual place to the Israelites, but to us it is a spiritual reality, a state of heart and mind. To reach this in our own lives, we must believe and follow the truths of God's Word.
-We are more than conquerors (Romans 8:37).
-We are not to lose heart (2 Corinthians 4:16).
-Christ's love must compel us (2 Corinthian 5:14).
-We are to be joyful in tribulation (2 Corinthians 7:4).
-We are to be anxious for nothing (Philippians 4:6).
-We are to pray always (Ephesians 6:18).
-We are to do all in the name of Jesus (Colossians 3:17).
-We are to live a life defined by grace, refined by challenge and aligned with a heavenly call.
We often get caught in the land between Egypt and Canaan; but with God, we can live "from glory to glory" (2 Corinthians 3:18).
We can personalize Joshua 21:43-45:
The gave to ______ all the life He had sworn to give. And _____ took possession of it and dwelt in it. The Lord gave _____ rest all around and not an enemy stood. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to _____. All came to pass.
This is God's vision for our lives.
-From Glory Days Chapter 1 by Max Lucado
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Glory Days
Chapter 1
The Israelites had a three-part pilgrimage. The first part of their journey found them fleeing Egypt where they had been slaves to Pharaoh. The Israelites then spent forty years wandering in the wilderness as slaves to fear. They had refused to take the land that God had promised them out of fear of the inhabitants. The final leg of their pilgrimage was into Canaan, the Promised Land, as people of the promise.
We can parallel our own lives with that of the Israelites. Our Egypt days were the days we spent prior to salvation. We were slaves to sin. Anytime we find ourselves in the wilderness, we are there as a result of living a defeated Christian life. But our final destiny is also Canaan, the Promised Land, which we can reach by living the victorious Christian life.
Canaan was an actual place to the Israelites, but to us it is a spiritual reality, a state of heart and mind. To reach this in our own lives, we must believe and follow the truths of God's Word.
-We are more than conquerors (Romans 8:37).
-We are not to lose heart (2 Corinthians 4:16).
-Christ's love must compel us (2 Corinthian 5:14).
-We are to be joyful in tribulation (2 Corinthians 7:4).
-We are to be anxious for nothing (Philippians 4:6).
-We are to pray always (Ephesians 6:18).
-We are to do all in the name of Jesus (Colossians 3:17).
-We are to live a life defined by grace, refined by challenge and aligned with a heavenly call.
We often get caught in the land between Egypt and Canaan; but with God, we can live "from glory to glory" (2 Corinthians 3:18).
We can personalize Joshua 21:43-45:
The gave to ______ all the life He had sworn to give. And _____ took possession of it and dwelt in it. The Lord gave _____ rest all around and not an enemy stood. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to _____. All came to pass.
This is God's vision for our lives.
-From Glory Days Chapter 1 by Max Lucado
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