Guest SOAP post from Amanda.
The reading for Sunday is Luke Chapter 6 .
I have admired Amanda from afar for quite awhile and was sooooo excited when I got to spend some time with her in real life when I spent the night in Cinderella’s Castle with her in March!!! It was so much fun to meet her in person and, of course, so much fun in the castle, too.
Here is what Amanda heard:
Scripture: Luke 6: 46
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say?”
Observation:
Jesus has just made the Pharisees mad by doing miracles right in front of their eyes, appointed his 12 from among his disciples and preached some of the hardest lessons ever (persecution, judgment, hypocrisy, etc.) He ends his sermon with this question, “Why don’t do you do all the things I just told you about?” and then explains what happens when we don’t–he gives us a (scary) visual of a house being ravaged by a storm.
Application:
As a mom I find myself feeling the same was as Jesus. I want to shout at my kids, “I am your mother! You call me Mommy and crawl into my lap for constant comfort! Why can’t you just obey me when I ask?!” I realize how much easier my kids’ lives would go (or at least their day) if they would just DO WHAT I SAY! Reading Jesus ask the same question made me evaluate my own life. Am I like a childish 5 year old? An impatient 2 year old? Do I give lip service to Jesus by going to church, reading my Bible and singing praise songs around the house but IGNORE Him when he says to OBEY? Is my life ready for the torrent? Or am I on the verge of a collapse?
Prayer:
Oh God, help me keep your words (ALL of your words) close to my heart, my mind and my ears. Help me understand what you want to teach me as I read. And help me make up my mind to do what you ask. Thank you for the picture of the house on the rock. I want to dig down deep and obey You. I want to do what You say!
Amanda is a stay-at-home mom of two who blogs at OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids. In her former life, Amanda was a Children’s Pastor — overseeing, organizing and developing ministry for kids in nursery through middle school, but now that she is a mom, her “skills” are used up on her kids!
What about you? Do you struggle in doing as he asks?
What else did you see and hear in your reading of Luke 6?
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