Week 6 and a half...

This weekend I attended the Living Proof Live Conference in Richmond where Beth Moore gave her usual uplifting message and the worship was 9,300 strong! I wanted to share something that I gleaned from her teaching which coincided with our study in Philippians that I’ve been mulling over in my heart.

The Scripture Beth taught from this weekend was John 1. In our Philippians study for Chapter 3 we learned that Paul said forget our past accomplishments and run the race set before us—don’t look behind.

Wouldn’t you know it—Beth’s whole teaching was on eight things we need to go back to—Number 1 being Back to the Word. Then she compared John 1:1 and Genesis 1:1, reminding us that Christ was before the beginning (Number 2, Back to the genesis). If we ever looked back in the race, we would see Christ cheering us on at the starting line as He will be leading us on to the finish line! We don’t need to look back! We can confidently forget our sin and earthly entanglements we have been forgiven of (Number 3, Back to the exodus—even our own exodus!), and run the race set before us!

I am more excited about studying God’s Word than ever (and I was pretty excited before)! Our Father wants us to know Him, and to know Him, He sent His Son. We study Jesus, and we will know the Father. Number 4, Back to the ultimate exegesis, Christ, will be the path to relationship with our Father and with each other. Getting Back to grace and truth, and getting Back to the Gospel (Numbers 5 and 6) will set us free, because the Truth dispels darkness. Then we can believe that we can receive one blessing after another (Number 7, Back to one blessing after another) because our Father does not give His children stones—He gives them the Bread of Life.

Then we need to go Back to the future (Number 8). We need to win that race, go for that prize! Christ is coming again in all the fullness of His glory, and every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord! Hallelujah! And He will say, “Well done! You kept your eyes on Me, My good and faithful servant!”