The Word for wisdom:
Proverbs 6:20-22 (ESV)
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. 21 Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
The Word for inspiration:
Psalm 119:114 (ESV)
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
Psalm 119:117 (ESV)
Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
The Word for encouragement:
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (ESV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
My observation:
The Spirit of God moved upon my heart this morning, and directed me to a passage of scripture that I had written about recently. Since the Spirit knows best, I thought it the better part of wisdom to go where he is leading.
In answer to prayer the heavenly Father has been increasing the number of people he is bringing into my circle of concern. In that circle he is bringing people who are hurting, and who need a helper to lead them and guide them to respond to their trials in a way that would be redemptive.
The focal passage from the Apostle Paul to the church at Corinth offers some encouragement to the person facing trials in their life. Paul was a man who was acquainted with trials. However, he found something within him that enabled him to be an over comer.
The one who gave Paul comfort in his affliction was the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our heavenly Father is the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Whatever you are going through he is able to meet your need if you are willing to give him access to it. Why don't you ask the Father to help you? What the Lord has done for others he will do for you.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful for the comfort that I have received from your compassionate heart and your tender and powerful hands. Father, I am so thankful that nothing that I have ever faced in my life was too difficult for you. Father, I am so grateful that I have learned to seek you first in my life, and to bring everything to you in prayer. Father, will you comfort those who need a helper with the comfort that I have received from you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 (ESV)
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
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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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