The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 29:11 (HCSB)
11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man holds it in check.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 125:1 (HCSB)
1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
The Word of God for encouragement:
2 John 1:4-6 (HCSB)
4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in the truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.
5 So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
6 And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.
My observation:
This brief letter is a personal letter. It was to a woman who had extended Christian hospitality to God's people. You could say that she hosted a house church. Her home was a gathering place for worship and fellowship. Some of the most blessed times occur at small gatherings like this in the homes of God's people.
John summarizes his purpose for writing this letter in this verse.
2 John 1:3 (HCSB)
3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
John was elated to discover that some of her children were walking in the truth, and were obeying the commandment to love one another.
Knowing the truth and the commandments are not enough. We must also practice the truth, and obey the commandments of God. God expects us to walk in truth, and to walk in love.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I pray that when you look at my life that you will see that I am walking in truth, and loving others as you have commanded your people to do. Father God, help me to be love to others as, by faith, I love them with the love of the Lord, who lives in me. In Jesus name, Amen.
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5 I wait for Yahweh; I wait and put my hope in His word.
6 I ⌊wait⌋ for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning— more than watchmen for the morning.
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