The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 12:25 (NLT)
25 Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 78:70-72 (NLT)
70 He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
71 He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob's descendants— God's own people, Israel.
72 He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Luke 13:6-9 (HCSB)
6 And He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.
7 He told the vineyard worker, 'Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?'
8 "But he replied to him, 'Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9 Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.'"
My observation:
I am so grateful that God chooses who he uses. He chose His servant David, and he is still choosing people today.
The focal passage from the gospel of Luke reminds us that God expects his people to be faithful and fruitful.
God's grace is sufficient to meet our every need, but we must have a willing heart to obey the word of God, and a mind to do the will of God.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so grateful that you are a God who gives second chances to those who are unfaithful and unfruitful.
Father God, I pray for the faith and the faithfulness to be an obedient servant of the Lord. Father, I pray that I will not forfeit the second chance that you so graciously give to your servants. Father, I thank you for being a God of the second chance. Father, I pray that I will not lose my second chance because I am mindful of the warning of the last chance.
Luke 13:8-9 (MSG)
8 "The gardener said, 'Let's give it another year. I'll dig around it and fertilize,
9 and maybe it will produce next year; if it doesn't, then chop it down.' "
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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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