Daily Bible Reading - Monday - January 25th

Boy how time fly’s when reading the word of God.  We’ve finished the story of Joseph and his family and are not heading the great story of Moses, another story that I am always blessed when I read it.  But this morning I am dwelling on the devotion.  I look back over the years that I have dieted, for most of us the years of dieting are many, I see a pattern in my life that when I diet I last a few days and then give in to temptation.  When I read about Jesus and how he fasted for forty days and was tempted by the devil during those days I look at how He got through those 40 days.  As the devotion says this is a good image for us to remember.  Jesus makes it look so easy when in fact I’m not sure it was even easy for Him but he pushed through and did it.  If we can just use His source of strength and press through we too can do it.  I’ve come to learn when I get hungry, yes even though I’ve had the surgery over 3 years ago I do get hungry, I have been reading a passage of scripture when I get hungry and filling my spirit with food instead of my body and that has been helping me tremendously.  It seems for me lately that ole stinkin devil just won’t stop trying to get me eat, especially the wrong things, well I have news for him,  he’s been served notice and knows he is gonna fail in what he is trying to do.  Reading the Bible daily and filling my spirit with His Word has not only helped me spiritually, its helped me physically too,  I think when our spirit is being fed our physical bodies feel like they are being fed as well, at least that’s how it seems to be working for me.

Today’s Reading

Genesis 50:1 - Exodus 2:10
Matthew 16:13-17:9
Psalm 21:1-13
Proverbs 5:1-6

Daily Devotional

Psalm 85:13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Jesus fasted forty days in the wilderness, and He was sustained by His faith. The devil came to Him and tried to tempt Him with bread, but He refused to give in. This is a good image for us to remember when we are dieting. Often we feel we cannot go on when we miss just one meal. Christ proved to us that even after missing meals for forty days, there is still a source of strength other than food. That source is God, and His strength is available to everyone who will ask for it. Let us remember to follow in the steps of Jesus Christ and lean on our heavenly Father whenever we feel weak or tempted.

Today's thought: I am facing nothing that Christ did not face before me.