Daily Bible Reading - Saturday - January 9th

God’s word is so amazing isn’t it?  In just these few days we’ve gone from discipline to faithfulness to perfection and now God is taking us into wisdom and yet we pretty much can’t have one without the other, they all go together.  Both yesterday and today God has told us that wisdom will save us.  And just how to we obtain wisdom?  By what we are doing, reading and studying His word.   God tells us if we hide wisdom in our hearts we WILL prevail over the evil around us and boy is there evil all around us.  I like how in today’s reading of Matthew 7:15-29 God warns us of the evil doers around us. He’s already told us ahead of time in Proverbs to “hide" wisdom in our hearts and now he’s telling us to use that wisdom to watch out for the evil doers all around us that they come in sheep’s clothing but are really wolves ready to devour us if we let them.  He tells us we will know them by their fruit, boy there is some out there that have the wrong fruit on their tree isn’t there?  My favorite part this morning was in Matthew 7:24 where it says “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."  Then he goes on to say that when the storms come we will be ok because we are on a solid rock foundation.  Thank you God!!  I sure don’t want to be one of those that are on the foundation of sand, when the storms came they were washed away.  See how hiding God’s wisdom in our hearts is awesome? My goodness how good is God to us.  Like the crowds Jesus spoke to in Matthew I am so amazed at His teachings.  Reading the bible this year has already opened my eyes in ways they have never been opened, wow!

From what little I have studied of the end times I believe we are already on the 6^th trumpet, the 7^th trumpet is where the Lord comes back, no wonder He is stressing to us today to hide wisdom in our hearts, with all the false teachings out there today and all the happenings around us and around the world, we truly NEED as much of His wisdom as we can get.  How amazing it is that we can A.S.K God and He will be right there to help us and give us His wisdom.  I love it, truly love it. Isn’t wonderful that this is a true story full of history of the past that also is our future?  Not only is it history but it’s our instructions on how to live our lives until He comes back to get us, that’s just awesome, He loves us so much that He not only gave His Son for us but tells us how to live victoriously so that one day soon we can see Him face to face, that just sends chills up my spine.

Today’s Readings

Genesis 20:1-22:24
Matthew 7:15-29
Psalm 9:1-12
Proverbs 2:16-22

Daily Devotional

Psalm 40:1-3
"I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair…He set my feet on solid ground…He has given me a new song to sing…"

Have you ever felt like you were in a pit of despair? Just like God lifted David out, God is going to lift you out. Where you are right now is not where you’re going to stay. There are brighter days up ahead for you filled with favor, promotion, and increase. As you walk uprightly before Him, no good thing will He withhold from you.

Notice that God gives us a new song. We have to do our part to sing that song. That means you don’t go around talking about your problems, how bad things are, or how you’re never going to make it. No, you have a song of victory! If somebody asks you how you’re doing, your attitude should be, "I’m too blessed to be stressed! I’m moving forward in strength and power." Remember, praise precedes the victory, and the Bible tells us that God is enthroned on our praises. As you magnify and lift Him up, He will lift you up out of your despair. He’ll set your feet on solid ground, and you’ll move forward in joy and victory in every area of your life.

Today's Confession: I will sing the new song you have placed in my heart.