March Madness – Middle School Insanity

Yes I realize it is fall but for those of you who did not
know, I (DB) have started subbing for Spencer County. Today was my
first day in the Middle School, and allow me to say I understand God's
frustration with the children of Israel. Time and time and time again
God would say do this and I will bless you. Do this and you will
prosper.

Deuteronomy 31:1-3
When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come upon
you and you take them to heart wherever the LORD your God disperses
you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the
LORD your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul
according to everything I command you today, then the LORD your God
will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you
again from all the nations where he scattered you.


Joshua 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth;
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Why do we hear Gods words and not do them? Even as adults we are like
the numerous youth who think the authority in place over their lives
is foolish and just there to make their lives more miserable. The
prophets lament throughout the Bible was to turn to the Lord – to
LISTEN. Are our insanely crazy lives a product of our unwillingness
to listen to the words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

Matthew 15:9-11 "They worship me in vain; their teachings are but
rules taught by men. Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen
and understand. What goes into a man's mouth does not make him
'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "

Do our lives reveal that we refuse to listen to the words of God, or
that we are stuffing our lives with meaningless things attempting to
be happy? If God's children will humble themselves, pray, and seek
his face He will do far above what we could imagine. (Eph 3:20)