Friday, May 2, 2013

God’s Words Are Good

There are some days when reading the scriptures that God seems to be giving me a pretty direct message about something in my life. Other days it seems like I spend time grazing through various scriptures to see what is available to me. There are some clear messages I see in both cases, and also some clear results.

God loves us and wants us to have life. Not a life, but life. By that I mean life is meant to be enjoyed, living for God, and with relationships to other believers. We are meant to enjoy the good things that the planet provides us. In the scriptures this is referred to as blessings, delight, daily bread, and so on. All of it in reverence to God who provides it all. We are to delight in the direction He has given us through the words He has recorded in the bible, through the messages spoken by those that bring us teaching from the scriptures, and in the songs we hear and sing. This is our delight. If we truly seek these things, we will be drawing close to Him, and in His presence are all the blessings of protection and deliverance and wholeness and provision we seek.

Prayer
Father, we want to be people who take their delight in You. We want to seek diligently Your truths in Your scriptures. We ask You give us the wisdom to understand, and the courage to take a stand once we do. We thank you for providing us what we need, and I ask Father that You touch the hearts of Your people today, and raise them up. In Jesus name. Amen.