Daily Bible Reading - Wednesday March 11th

Well this morning is another interesting reading.  Was reading the Old Testament and am so glad we are not subject to those sacrifices and offerings and all.  Reading where it says that if anyone sins defiantly they must be cut off from his people and their guilt will remain on them.  If that’s what happened to us today I’d sure be cut off and alone, especially from the sins of my past.  But Praise The Lord Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we don’t have to go through that anymore.  Did you read where The Lord got angry and opened up the earth and it swallowed those people us and their possessions? Wow, that must have been scary to witness such an act as that.  Speaking of Jesus dying on the cross, in the New Testament reading we get to the crucifixion of Jesus, in a way it makes me sad to read what all Jesus had to go through and all he endured just for us but the ending is such a miraculous one that you can’t help but shed tears of joy.  Tomorrows reading in the New Testament will be just awesome, the best ending of all.  I see reading the Psalms went right on with the New Testament reading.  I just love it how all these books coincide with each other a lot of the time, it just amazes me. 

Today’s devotional is once again really good.  It brings us hope even in the times of a so called bad economy.  God wants to restore to us all that’s been lost and then some.  Keeping our eyes on Him and living our lives totally for Him blesses us beyond measure.  God is and will take care of us no matter what happens in the natural, we always have the hope and the faith that God will see us through no matter what happens.  Isn’t that so encouraging?  That right there gives me a lot of hope for the future.

***Bec*** I know what ya mean about having to look back sometimes and realize what we thought was the milk and honey only really turned out to be sour milk so to speak.  I can remember times in my life that I just knew I was in the “milk and honey" times, things were good but when you look back you say to yourself  “oops" that definitely wasn’t a “milk and honey" time.  It’s funny how when sometimes you take your eyes off Him for a moment and satan quickly comes in to make things look good when they really aren’t then when you get your eyes back on Him you see just how “sour milk" it all was.  Thank God for his totally forgiveness in times like that.

Today’s Reading

Numbers 15:17-16:40
Mark 15:1-47
Psalm 54:1-7
Proverbs 11:5-6

Today’s Devotional

Zechariah 9:12
"Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; this very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you."

Isn't it interesting that the Bible says that we should be prisoners of hope? A prisoner of hope is someone who has an attitude of faith and expectancy even when things are bad, because God has promised to restore what was lost . . . and far more. That's a great word of hope you can hold on to! It means your health, your job situation, and your finances may not be what you want them to be today, but they are all subject to change! God wants to restore these things to you — not just the way they were before — but with more so that you are better off than when you began. No matter where you are today, or what happened to you yesterday, God wants to give you a new future filled with joy, fulfillment and abundance.

Today's thought: God, please give me the courage and faith to hold on to Your hope no matter what may come my way today. I claim Your promise of restoration.

Good Morning Mr. Andy...

I'm right along with you on the comments this morning...

A little part that I'm thinking on today is in Proverbs...

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

I got to thinking about how true it is that the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires... evil sounds like a strong word but you know if I let anything come between me and the Lord then it is evil! and I need to make sure and get to the place I know the Lord wants me to be... I was thinking back over my life again and I guess there were times "life" became more important to me than my relationship with the Lord... I notice as I'm getting older that this old world is not holding as much for me in the same way... I'm glad for that as I find I'm much more content when I put my precious "Savior" in the forefront of all my doings!  There is a peace in that I've not been able to find any where else!

The devotion is so timely for us right now... I'm doing my best to let go of what I "see" and have the faith that the Lord is going to meet all our needs according to His great plan! 

I love the term "prisoner of hope"... I must confess I have not spent a lifetime being a "prisoner of hope"... and sometimes the very opposite!  But isn't it wonderful that it's never too late to change and become the things we once lacked in great proportion!

Have a good day!

Bec