"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things
you do not know."
you do not know."
Jeremiah 33:3
This is my verse. Which makes it super sweet that it's this week's memory verse! When I say that it's my verse, I just mean that this verse was quite literally the first time I felt God speaking to me through his Word. It was a pretty awesome experience...I don't usually remember events with such detail - but this night I can recall like it was yesterday (even though it was more like 8 years ago).
I was at my Mentor's house with some of my small group members from MOPS. They were talking a bunch about a bible study, and they were having problems with one person who was never prepared, asked questions about irrelevant topics, and was a source of distraction for their group. I didn't have much to contribute to the conversation, but I listened. I wasn't in their bible study at that time...but I was starting to relate to the woman they were having a problem with. It really really bothered me that I was so much like her...wanting that relationship with God and other Christian women, but not willing to do the work. I was so brand spanking new in my walk with Christ, everything I knew I had learned from other people (speakers, friends, articles, etc.)...and yet I hadn't been going to the source.
I got home that night, and went up to my room. I picked up my bible, and flipped through...not sure where to look. I knew I had questions, and I knew the answers were held right in my hands. I flipped through some more. But I honestly had no idea where to start. I just prayed for something to get me started. And I flipped again. The pages opened to Jeremiah 33:3 and that's where I stopped. My eyes fell onto those 19 words that seriously changed my direction. "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know". I knew nothing. But in that moment, God spoke to me (of all people)...and in the simplest terms I heard Him say "just ask".
