Color Me Obsessed.

And I don't mean about anything bad. I am obsessed with the Word. I have been reading more because I want to be able to share as much as I can with the girls in my Sunday School class and although I have read the Bible so many times, for the first time, it is coming alive! The words are leaping off the page at me and I am overwhelmed by the awesomeness of them all. I was reading about Abraham and how we have always placed him on this pedestal like his faith was so unobtainable for us, but dig deeper and you see Abraham acquired his rock solid faith through some very shaky, very unlikely, very painful times. He was beginning to doubt that God was going to fulfill his promise to him when God appears and says that He is Abraham's shield and he will be richly blessed. The first thing Abraham replied was " God what can you give me?" What?! God just promised him a son and to be his shield and many blessings and Abraham asked God what could God possibly give him because he was old and had no son? God showed himself to Abraham at that time and just like with Job, Abraham was satisfied. He was not satisfied with God's answer, but with God himself and it was then that his faith was built. Guys, when God shows up, we don't need answers. We may get some, or like Job we may not, when that happens, when you enter the presence of God you won't be looking for answers, He will alone satisfy you. Nothing else will matter. It doesn't mean we will never be afraid or never doubt. It doesn't meant that those things will disappear, but that they won't matter anymore, He alone will matter. Dig in guys, there are some beast stories in this Gem we have called the Bible.