Two things really stuck out to me this week...
1. First being how John answered all the questions of the priest and Levites. John repeatedly avoided the question as to who he was and in turn answered with pointing out who Jesus is. This just made me think about this summer, and while we are meeting campers, not to share who we are, but share with them who God is, which I know I struggle with. It is so easy to get caught up in talking about ourselves and glorifying what we have done, but we so often neglect to acknowledge that in this life, all our accomplishments, and all of who we are is from God himself. It's just a cool challenge for myself starting now, as I meet people not to make it the Chelsea show, but to share with people how great God is in my life.
2. The second thing that stuck out to me was simply the definition of "away." Away means to take up and carry or carry off. "The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." The Lamb of God who takes up and carries the sin of the world. The Lamb of God, Jesus, literally took up each of our sins and carried them off, by the cross. That whole verse is just a packed sentence and I really enjoyed examining it bit by bit, and being more and more convicted of the love Jesus had for his people.
I hope you're all having great week!
Blessing, Chelsea Goza
1. First being how John answered all the questions of the priest and Levites. John repeatedly avoided the question as to who he was and in turn answered with pointing out who Jesus is. This just made me think about this summer, and while we are meeting campers, not to share who we are, but share with them who God is, which I know I struggle with. It is so easy to get caught up in talking about ourselves and glorifying what we have done, but we so often neglect to acknowledge that in this life, all our accomplishments, and all of who we are is from God himself. It's just a cool challenge for myself starting now, as I meet people not to make it the Chelsea show, but to share with people how great God is in my life.
2. The second thing that stuck out to me was simply the definition of "away." Away means to take up and carry or carry off. "The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." The Lamb of God who takes up and carries the sin of the world. The Lamb of God, Jesus, literally took up each of our sins and carried them off, by the cross. That whole verse is just a packed sentence and I really enjoyed examining it bit by bit, and being more and more convicted of the love Jesus had for his people.
I hope you're all having great week!
Blessing, Chelsea Goza
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