It appears to be jammed!… Matthew 3

So last night I had to go oil up my car for work the next day. It was low and I didn’t want to wake up earlier to put oil in the car. I should be waking up earlier though to do my devotion cause today I’m pretty busy and haven’t had the time to get to it like I have so far. SO I’m making time.

Oh, so back to the oil thing. After I put in the oil I went to close the driver door and BAM it rejected the door like it hit a brick wall. I check to see if anything was in the way like a seat belt or something, but there was nothing. Eventually, I figured out that the latch that catches the door to be shut had been shoved down and was now stuck. After about half an hour of trying to pry it open with my screwdriver, and stopped and said “Lord, I can’t do this. I need an idea from you.” Lo and behold an idea came to mind (difficult to explain) and I was able to shut my door again. It’s still broken but without His help, I wouldn’t have been able to close my door for the evening and I would’ve had to drive the car to work today while holding the door shut. Yay!

I can do all things through Christ!

My reading today was in Matthew 3. I have a secret. I have never followed through with being baptized. And reading this chapter where Jesus himself went through with it, really sparked me up and made me want to finally go through with it. Not that I’ve not wated to, just that I’ve never done it. My favorite part is verse 15. Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

So yeah, I should do that.

Saturday quiet time?!… Matthew 2

I think the big deal of this blog post is that I got up out of bed and the first thing I did was spend time with God. That hardly ever happens on weekends. But I’m trying to be disciplined and stick with my Word reading. So here I am.

Today I read Matthew 2. Go here and go there seemed to be the theme, haha. Twice Joseph was instructed by God to get up and go to where God knew it was safe. Bad guys wanted to kill baby Jesus so you know Joseph was definitely going to listen.

It’s easy to “listen to God” when it regards something that we want to happen. But what about the times when it isn’t something so desirable? Just a thought here.

God, my prayer today is that you would teach me to be in tuned with your voice. I want to hear you say, “Get up and go” so that I can have the chance to follow you no matter the situation. Amen.