Sept 18-20

Another week...

Here is our verse this week:

Matt 13:11-12
11Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
12"For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

It has been granted to us to understand the mysteries of God. (1Cor4:1) This is a pretty intense thing if you take a second to think about it.
God's nature is to give more to those who already have and to fully take away from any of those who don't have anything... this used to really mess me up. You'd think a good God would give to those who had nothing. But a God who is Holy is going to give more to those who are pressing on to be perfect as He is. (Matt 5:48) And the person who hasn't improved at all, everything will be taken away from him, that person would not be moving forward in holiness at all.
One of the ways we move forward in holiness is by gaining wisdom and understanding about who God is (Eph 1:17-19). Thats why in all our getting we must get understanding. We must get more of God, we must grow in our understanding of who He is (Prov. 4:4,5). And He will give more because we gave all we had to get more of Him, to become more like Him (2Cor 3:18, 1Jn 3:1-3)
So be blessed this week. Get in the Word and talk to the Holy Spirit and let Him guide you into all truth.
-Drew