The Word for wisdom:
Proverbs 6:23 (HCSB)
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
The Word for inspiration:
Psalm 119:10 (HCSB)
I have sought You with all my heart; don't let me wander from Your commands.
The Word for encouragement:
Matthew 6:33 (HCSB)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
My observation:
This is the time of the year when the class of 2011 is planning and looking forward to graduation. My son-in-law posted on his Facebook wall recently a request to pray for the 2011 graduates. I am the proud grandfather of a granddaughter who will graduate from High School this year.
Today's focal passage presents a wonderful foundation for the 2011 graduates to build their lives upon. Having God at the center of your life is an anchor that will enable you to face and overcome the many obstacles that you will encounter in your journey through this world.
If you depend upon yourself alone you will get out of life what you can do. If you rely on your strength, abilities, and energy alone, you will end up constantly worrying about succeeding or failing in life. There are too many things that you do not know, and too many things that you cannot see to choose this way of living.
There is a better way. It is to turn from the independent way of living, and declare your total dependence upon God. Why not submit your life to the supervision and the care of the all knowing and all seeing God. He knows the way, and he will lead you in the way. It is never too early, and never too late to put your trust in God.
God gives the assurance that the person that puts their trust in him will always have the necessities of life. Additionally, what God provides in this life is only a token for what he has in store for you for eternity.
1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful for the promise of the Word of God that you will provide out of your abundance the things that are necessary for every believing and trusting child of God who puts you first in their life. Father, help all of us to put first things first in our life.
My song:
Seek Ye First (Click on link below to listen to this song):
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/120
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Proverbs 3:5-6 (HCSB)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6 think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.
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