What I Love About Monday

I am very thankful it is Sunday night. The reason for this, I know that tomorrow night we get to have Monday Night Fire again and even though because of work I couldn't be there last week, every week prior to that the Holy Spirit has showed up in a mighty way. Not only in praise and worship, as is common in most services, but in the teaching as well.

It is simply amazing to me how after years of being a Christian and growing up with youth pastors for parents, I can still read the Word of God and the Holy Spirit will reveal things to me about what I have just read. Whether that means I understand a Scripture's relevance to the Cross or it is simply the Holy Spirit correcting me in thinking that every time I open the Bible a golden nugget of information will jump off the page at me. I know I get caught up sometimes in hoping for a great revelation of the Scripture and it is good to desire more wisdom of the Word but the Holy Spirit has really been laying it on my heart to sometimes take the Scripture for what it says.

One Scripture that comes to mind is Malachi 3:6 -"For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed." This scripture was really just bugging me for some reason because I caught the meaning that the Lord is always the same but I wanted to receive that deep revelation about it, and in chapel on Friday the Holy Spirit fell upon us greatly and He spoke to my spirit and said there is nothing else to know except I am the LORD and change not and that is what will see you through all your trials and tribulations if you just have faith in Me and who I am. Right then I realized I was trying to find such a profound meaning that I had missed the power of what it really means, He is LORD and he will remain for eternity. If time is not big enough to change God than I know our circumstances are nothing He can't handle.


-Josh Watson



Josh Watson has recently joined us here in Baton Rouge. He comes from Texas and has a heart for young people. He has been a part of IYC for the last couple years and is now attending World Evangelism Bible College.