Lists to Live By

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalm 32:8 (NKJV)

The ability to receive instruction is contingent on two things: confidence in the instructor and possessing a teachable spirit. When I am hungry to learn something I become receptive to the truths shared with me. God has allowed me to sit under some incredible teachers in my life. Some have left a profound mark on my life. I have seen them as storehouses of wisdom from which I can draw instruction and guidance.

I love lists and three are racing through my mind this morning. Beth Moore has a powerful list she shares in her study BELIEVING GOD. It contains truths we all need to verbalize regularly. It is a five-statement pledge of faith and goes like this:

*God is who He says He is.
*God can do what He says He can do.
*I am who God says I am.
*I can do all things through Christ.
*God’s Word is alive and active in me. I’m believing God!

Christine Wyrtzen also has an influential list she shares in her topic of LIVING AS A DAUGHTER OF PROMISE. It too contains truths we need to verbalize and practice regularly. It reads like this:

*Practice God’s presence.
*Live cherished.
*Embrace your emotions.
*Pursue the redemption of your pain.
*Live life out of the overflow.

While both those lists have benefited me greatly in my walk with God, I have come across God’s personal list in Psalm 37 and it goes like this:

*Trust in the LORD and do good.
*Delight yourself also in the LORD.
*Commit your way to the LORD.
*Rest in the LORD.
*Wait patiently for Him.

Father, I hunger for truths to live by. Thank you for instruction You give me through people but most of all through Your Word directly. Amen.