Meander (Psalm 119:9-16)

Good morning all,

The word of the day is “meander.” This psalm is the longest in the Bible. There are some really good nuggets of information and wisdom in these verses. The psalmist wanted to make sure that people understood what it meant to follow God and live a life of purity. This was very tough in the old days, just as it is now. Each word was specifically meant for the reader to build positively upon his or her relationship with God.

“I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”

~Ps. 119:11

It's one thing to read God's word, but quite another to store that word into one's heart. My question is: how often do you read God's book, and of the time that you spend how much of it do you retain to memory? I think that too many times we just want to get our reading in for the day, just to feel good about spending some time in God's word. But, I think we need to look back and see the quality of the time spent with him. My prayer for you is that you take the necessary amount of time to move through God's word, and stored up in your heart. Rather than meander through the Bible, write God's word on your heart and let it meander through all parts of your life.

Praying for you,

Mo

Alembic (1 Peter 1:3-9)

Good morning all,

The word of the day is “alembic.” Peter's audience consisted of a lot of people who needed the healing hand of God. Although these people had not seen the Messiah, they could be touched and moved to relationship with him. Peter uses the analogy of a precious metal being refined by fire to make it more pure. This was a process that put a lot of stress on that precious metal to get rid of all of the bad stuff.

“These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

~1 Pet 1:7

My question is: are you allowing God to refine you through the fire? Just like with precious metals, when we are refined through the Messiah's fire we have a ton of stress and pressure put on us. That is what it means to be a Christian. The reason stuff hurts so much sometimes is that we choose not to stay the way we are. Every time you want to become better it causes you to go through pain, stress, and other stuff that you would rather not deal with. My prayer this morning is that you embrace the alembic of the refiners fire. He will make you knew again.

Praying for you,

mo