The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 12:11 (ESV)
11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 74:2 (ESV)
2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Luke 9:57-62 (ESV)
57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
60 And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
61 Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home."
62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
My observation:
The choice word for today is "remember". I am so glad that I don't have to spend a lot of time wondering if God will do his part. I am certain that God's remembers all of his promises, and that he will do what he says he will do.
On the other hand, I am prone to forget. I am tempted to reconsider my promises if following Christ takes me into some hard places. How faithful am I in keeping my promise to God, "I will follow you"?
Jesus will remember his promises to us, but we are prone to recant our promises to him. We need to commit to following Christ with our head, our hands, and our whole heart. The cost of following Jesus is to turn from the "me first", and turn to the "Christ first" commitment by giving Christ our whole heart. This is a promise to remember and keep.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful that I don't have to fret and worry about whether or not you will remember me. Father God, my prayer is that I will never forget who you are, and what you have done for me.
Father God, I pray that in my heart I will have a radical commitment to putting "Christ first" in my life, and making it my highest priority to proclaim the message of the kingdom of God. The Lord being my strength, I will succeed. Amen.
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1 Timothy 4:4-5 (HCSB)
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
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