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The Adventure- Reading the Word

Today marked a new beginning of a learning adventure. To read the world's best seller in a set number of days. Its not just about reading it but to also encourage my friends who are walking through this adventure with me. Surely our lives will never be the same again. So over the next few days-90 days to be precise- I will blog on a daily basis my thoughts as I undertake this challenge. My reason for blogging is to encourage others. I have found that I am most alive when am encouraging others. That's what I live for: to be an encourager always. Life at times can be discouraging thus the need for relationships that can bring encouragement. Encouraging words today are like water to a thirsty soul. So as you read I hope you are encouraged to be the best that God intended for you.

God is a God of process. He could have spoken the whole world into being but instead followed a process in creation.Many times when faced with a problem all I want is a solution but fail to see that God works differently from my human perspective. God is not into fast foods but into principles that govern processes.When He was faced with a challenge as found in Gen 1:2 He first spoke light. The process to the solution is to first seek for light that will illuminate. Did you know that you cannot create matter in a vacuum? Ever heard the expression "creating something from nothing", that what creating light in darkness is. Darkness at times connotes a vacuum. You cannot live in a vacuum. Human beings lose consciousness in a vacuum.

One very important quality that one requires to go through this challenge is to be persistent. Reading the Word is not like watching a movie. Some parts of the Word we may not understand why they are there but they are life and spirit to our very souls. The Word of God is life. Read it and see the life of God ooze out of you. Read it and watch your life become transformed before your very eyes.




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