What’s On Your Mind?
June 28, 2024
DAILY PROVERB:
Proverbs 16:1-4
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:
I have read several books over the years. Some were better than others. For example, for a counseling class, I had to read a textbook. Reading that book felt like work. Then there are the books that draw me in, as if the story had been written just for me. It’s as if the author knew how to captivate my every thought and wrote the book specifically for me. Even during the day when I wasn’t reading it, I found myself thinking about it. When I was around others, my conversations would often somehow mention the book and the author. These are by far my favorite books to read.
I believe this idea of losing ourselves in something is what the author of our verses today had in mind. If we commit ourselves to the Lord, I mean completely fall in love with Him, then everything we do and say becomes praise and worship of who He is. Moreover, all our thoughts will automatically be established in Him. When Jesus becomes the center of our life, everything we say and do causes us to think of Him. We can actually get lost in Jesus, just as we do in the pages of a really good book.
John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jesus is the word into which we need to let our minds escape each day. He was the first word in all History and should have the last word in our lives.
THE WORD WALKING IN ME:
As you engage in your Bible readings today, approach them with the same desire that the psalmist had in his heart when he penned Psalm 119:18, which says: “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” Then, walk in the revelation of His person all day. Get lost in Jesus today.
What have you read that will be in
your thoughts of God throughout today?
IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:
Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?
Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?
What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?
GOD TALKING TO ME: June 28, 2024
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
Psalms 65 – Psalms 70
Proverbs 16:1 – 4
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
2 Chron. 14-17
Acts 6
“Getting people into the Word of God…
…and the Word of God into people.”
Romans 10:17
Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12
Author: admin
Author of LIHW Daily Devotions, and President of Living In His Word Ministries.
