EP 65- SOAP Proverbs 19- Address the Drip!
A season of SOAP is back again! The SOAP episodes have been the most downloaded episodes and I am bringing them back!
Each Friday I will release a SOAP episode! SOAP is an acronym for Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer. You can journal along as God reveals what He has to say to you each time you SOAP.
In this episode I get the honor of SOAP'ing Proverbs 19 with Leslie Brown. Leslie and I recently SOAP'd in episode 62 entitled IDGAF (I do grace and faith). We get to celebrate Leslie in this episode as its her birthday! We had fun playing a 'Finish the worship song lyric' game. Leslie knows her worship songs! I apparently need to brush up- you'll have to listen to hear which song she stumped me and the whole group on!
Leslie says she read this chapter for days leading up to recording this episode and she readily admits that she tried to avoid these verses, but apparently God would not let her avoid them. The verses she chose are 13 and 14 where she notes that we need to confront issues in our lives and not avoid them. How fitting, since she was trying to avoid the verses, but God was convicting her to confront them so she could heal.
She says that drips, when small can be handled, but prolonged dripping or unresolved issues can wreak havoc on our lives. She mentions that she reads scripture as if Jesus is speaking to her directly. She knows His voice is one of conviction and not condemnation. She celebrates the fact that a prudent wife is a gift from the Lord- you can't inherit her or buy her, she is a freely given gift from our heavenly Father.
I chose verse 21, or it chose me- I am not sure. But God revealed to me all the plans I have made and how His purpose has always prevailed. When my plans were detrimental to the life He purposed for me- he interceded time and time again on my behalf. I discuss how feelings are good servants, but horrible masters. The bible tells us that we cannot have two masters as we will love one and hate the other. I have to decide, as we all do, who will be our master? Jesus or our feelings? The decision should be easy and obvious, but we know this to not always be the case. I pray that as I mature in faith that this would be second nature and not a struggle as it sometimes can be.
I mention how I once claimed to be an agnostic and believed the lie that although there was a God, we just don't know all there is to know about Him. For me, this was an easy way out to not even attempt to get to know Him and to live my life according to my feelings and the lie I had believed. The story I made up around that lie- was if I can't know everything about Him, then it's not worth getting to know Him. GASP! Just typing this hurts my heart, but I know there's someone reading this that believes that lie and it may be you.
If it is you, don't buy into this lie. Get to know your Creator who loves you more than you can ever imagine and is ever-present and so easy to get to know. You just have to open your bible, or download the you version bible app, join a church that teaches from the bible, join a small group or start your own on a search for your truth. And your truth only comes from God who is Truth. Jesus is The Way, The Truth, and The Life.
If this is not you, but you know someone who is- please be brave and share the power of Jesus with them and pass this episode along to them. You may be planting the very seed that gets them one step closer to The Truth.
Also in this episode, Leslie and I discuss the fact there is no such thing as a perfect church because as soon as a person steps into the building it is imperfect, as all humans are imperfect.
I lovingly ask you, "What drip are you avoiding?"
I invite you to 'address your drips' and attend any of the East Coast Christian campus locations in person or online. We encourage you not to try to clean your act
