Daily Bible Reading - Monday March 30th

In Luke today I really love the story of the woman who had been sick for twelve years and had such faith to find Jesus and to reach out and touch Him to get her healing.  She had faith enough and knew if she could just touch His garment that she would be healed instantly.  When she did work her way through the crowd, that must have been tough with the huge crowds that gathered around Jesus, I can just see her reaching as far as she could through everyone and just barely grabbing Jesus’ garment.  When she did it says Jesus instantly felt the power go out of Him, He knew someone had touched Him and was healed.  He immediately said “Who touched me?" Peter said to him it was impossible to know because the whole crowd was pressing up against them but Jesus knew when He saw her and then told her that her faith had made her whole to go in peace.  That story just thrills my heart every time I read it, if that woman can have enough faith to be healed of her affliction she had suffered for twelve years then surely we can have just half that faith to see our problems and things taken care of by God.  The bible says that if we just have faith the size of a mustard seed that the mountains in our lives HAVE to obey us.  Do you know how big a mustard seed is? Not very big at all, in fact its one of the smallest seeds there is, so that’s not very much faith at all and yet with that little of faith we can tell the mountains in our lives to get behind us.  So I say to myself, if the woman with a twelve year sickness can do it then surely we can. 

Today’s Reading

Deuteronomy 13:1-15:23
Luke 8:40-9:6
Psalm 71:1-24
Proverbs 12:5-7

Daily Devotional

Ephesians 5:15-16
“So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days"

Time is the most valuable commodity in life that we have. It’s more valuable than money. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. When you woke up this morning, God gave you a present called “today." And with that gift comes a responsibility. The Scripture tells us to redeem the time, to make the most of every opportunity. That simply means don’t let it go to waste. Don’t live this day unfocused, unhappy, negative, or defeated. Make the most of every day. God has entrusted you with His life. He has breathed His very breath into you. He has put gifts and talents on the inside of you. You have seeds of greatness deposited in you. You’re a person of destiny, and you have an assignment and a purpose to fulfill.

I encourage you today to evaluate how you are spending your time. Refocus your life. Let go of any distractions. Shake off any self-pity, any discouragement, any disappointments of the past and run your race with purpose. Be careful how you live and redeem the time so that you can fulfill the destiny He has prepared for you.

Today's thought: Thank You for the gift of today. I dedicate this day to You. I dedicate my mind, will, and emotions to You. Use me this day for Your purposes and keep me on the path You have for me.