The Experiment

For awhile, I was blogging about my weight struggles, and how I lived my faith at work.

Intermixed with those posts were more devotional style postings about my grandkids or something interesting or exciting that happened in my relationship with Jesus.

There are all sorts of blogs and columns out there and lots and lots of advice on what to do and what not to do with a blog.Adviceis offered aboutways to approach a blog, and how to write in such a way as to get more readers.

But what it all came down to for me was too much pressure to get readers and not enough of just flowing from my heart.

So, today, I’m starting a new experiment.

If you like, you can join me.

Instead of trying to write on a certain topic or with certain key words that will get the search engines attention, I’m just going to write what Jesus is showing me, dealing with me, or teaching me.

The experiment will be that if this ‘just being myself’ approach pleases God then the readership will increase and so will the comments without any special effort on my own.

My act of faith will be the writing from my heart.

I will do this until the end of the year; and, together, we will see what the Lord does.

But you know what?

Even this experiment is an exciting aspect of living every day with Jesus.

Why?

Because Jesus is alive and I have a relationship with Him, I can ask His help just like I would a friend.

He is a living, breathing, thinking, knowing, and seeing God who has many, many incredible attributes.

For example:

Jesusis all powerful.

“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”(Matthew 28:18)

Jesuscan changeour life in an instant.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”(2 Corinthians 5:17)

He loves us.

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”(Jeremiah 31:3)

His intentions towards us are always good.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”(Jeremiah 29:11)

And Jesus longsfor us to love Him so much that we joyfully obey Him.

“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: …And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”(Exodus 19:5-6)

Oh, to be His peculiar treasure!

To love Jesus and be loved by Him is the most incredible experience in all the world.

Knowing Jesus and having his holy spirit living inside of me doesn’t mean I don’t have struggles, but it does mean that I don’t have to figure out my problems on my own.

So often, I meet people who are dealing with incredibly difficult circumstances all by themselves.

To them, God is abstract. To them, He is an uncaring, distant diety that is not involved in their day-to-day lives.

Well, I’m here to tell you that Jesus is very real and very involved in every aspect of my life.

If I lose my car keys, I ask Jesus to help me.

If I’m sick, I ask Him to heal me.

If my work day is difficult, I ask Him to fill me with His peace.

If I lose my temper or struggle with attitudes, I ask Him to forgive me and help me do better the next time.

The whole point is that living every day with Jesus means I live every day with hope.

And you can too.

The Holy Bible says in Psalm 33: 17-18“Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine”

Do you need a car?

Look to Jesus!

Do you need grocery money?

Look to Jesus!

Do you need a job?

Look to Jesus!

Do you need your marriage restored?

Look to Jesus!

Whatever your need, the God of hope will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory.

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”(Philippians 4:19)

What do you hope for today?

Leave a comment so we can pray together about it.