The Walk with God

If you don’t go, I’m not going       I challenge you to think about this phrase: If you (God) don't go, I won't go. Does that mean anything to me? To you?  I was reading the bible and something that stood out to me. Something that spoke to me and I was shocked. It was a truth I had to accept even though it was not easy.  “Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people." And he (Moses) said to him, "If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.” Exodus 33:3, 15 ESV      Just imagine this situation. God tells Moses that He will send angles before them, they will go into the land, everything will happen, just that I won't go. We see that Moses values God in his life. He knew God and he talked with him. He had a personal relationship with God. We need to keep in mind who is talking to Moses. It is not just a...

“But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭2:29‬ ‭ESV‬‬ If I say I’m Christian. Or we think we are. We must be Christians inside. What are my thoughts like? What do I think about during the day? Do I have anger? Jealousy? Immoral thoughts? What is going on in my heart? Is it pure? 28th verse says that no one is a Jew just outwardly, same here. I can’t just be a Christian doing religious things but in the inside far away from God. I can’t dress up and look like a Christian and live like the world does. People do that. Sadly I do that a lot. I try to look good before others. I try to not put shame on myself and my family. Our church is also a lot focused on the outward of a person. You have to dress like this, can’t talk like that, you can’t do this, you must behave a certain way, but we oftentimes forget about the most important thing is about the inside. You changin...

            Trusting God      I want to share what God has been teaching me these past several weeks. I have been praying about God's will in my life and what He wants me to do career-wise. I have been praying and so far it has been silence. So, I tried doing something on my own instead of trusting God. I was lacking faith in God. Over and over again I heard a voice in me saying, "trust me, I got it." I know that was the Holy Spirit telling me to trust Him because God knows what He is doing. I kept doubting that and this past week I ran into pain. My side began to hurt really bad that I ended up going to Urgent Care, and then they sent me to the Emergency. At the end of the day they did not find anything that was wrong with me, but I knew why this was happening. And yet, I chose to still doubt God and that He can heal me from this pain. On Sunday, I woke up with almost no pain and was able to do the daily things I did before. God healed ...

     The walk with God does not have to be alone. Jesus did not say, "figure it out on your own." What is the point of the church? What is the point of true friends? In 1Thessalonians 5:11 it says, "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing" (ESV). Paul writing this understood the importance of fellowship with other believers. Reading through Exodus and something stood out to me that I never noticed before. In Exodus chapter 17, towards the end of the chapter, it is the story of when Israel fought the Amaleks and Moses' hands got weary. He got naturally tired of holding his hands. So, we see that Aaron and Hur help him out. They did not make fun of him nor did they tell him, "Man come on! Are you really that weak? Come on brother, Israel is suffering because of you!" No! We do not see that happening at all. They actually took him and made him sit on a rock. Then, Hur took one hand and Aaron the other and helped ...

     Don't be like Israel. I am currently reading through Exodus (First half so far) and I noticed one thing over and over again. Why do they want to go back to Egypt? Back to slavery? What was not enough for them? We are nowhere better, I would even argue that we are worse. Israel plainly did not want to be in the desert because of no food and water. They began to complain and sin and fall away. I would argue that we are worse because we do not mind going to church. Maybe doing a ministry or any other religious activity. But, we do not let God touch that one part of my life. I have something that I constantly "hide" from Him, thinking he will be OK with it. But he is not! We read Galatians 4:9, "But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?" (ESV) Paul is not writing this letter to the unbelievers or the ...

“"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV

Welcome to this blog where you will encounter biblical passages with my thoughts on it. Rather say, what I got personally from God, I will share it here so you can receive something too. So, let us start. Before I get into this I want to tell a little about myself so I can build some trust between us two. I do not want to spit things out here and make it so far apart. My main goal here is to make it as personal as possible so it can be the most effective. I want to gain trust from my audience. I was born in a Christian family and since I was young, I really loved to preach and make sermons. When I was around 10-12 years old, we (our family) would play church inside our house. I was like the "pastor" or sometimes I would act as if I was a guest preacher and my brother would either be a "pastor" or just a normal preacher. I have 7 siblings, so you can only imagine what it looked like. We would sing songs together, I would sing or my sister, I would preach, we wo...