Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 309
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... … Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kari Jobe singing … Be Still … poignantly singing of how we, as diligent disciples of Christ, must learn to use some of the time we have to be still and rest.
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Highlight Passage: Proverbs 30:25 [ESV] ...
25 … the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; …
… Solomon shows that ants may be small but their diligence provides them with provision for their family, showing the balance we all must have in life.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 30:24-31 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon’s poetic picture of the balance and purpose in life …
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 127:2 [ESV] …
2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
… God gives us the time, we have to choose how to use it wisely … for His glory.
Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, shows us that there is a time for everything in life; but we must choose to make the time for everything …
Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [ESV] …
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
… Jesus charges His disciples (that’s us!) to be His witnesses in our lives for His glory.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:19 [ESV] …
19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
… God supplies the time we need in life; … we have to choose how we’re going to use it for His glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mike Wittmer, AT THIS LINK writes of a diligent, witnessing Christian, whose hard work in evangelizing in his community led to physical and mental exhaustion, demonstrating the need to balance our hard work for God’s kingdom with our need for rest. As Solomon reminds us (see Eccles. 3:1-8), God gives us a time for everything in our lives.
Anyone who is diligently committed to using our time, talents, and treasures for God’s kingdom must learn the lessons of the Scriptures above; … that God provides us with the time we need in this life to witness for Him as God’s word calls us in Acts 1:8. However, His word also tells us that we must choose to balance our hard work for the Lord with the time for rest that He also gives us.
How about it, fellow witness? Are we choosing enough of our time to be still and rest, as Kari Jobe sings in the linked song? The attached photo illustrates a formula for burnout to avoid. So, … I’m praying we find balance between our work for the Lord and being still to rest our souls today … and onward into our tomorrows.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving us the time we have to work hard and to rest hard for your glory.
My Prayer Today Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me today to use the time You give us today to work … and to rest, … balanced for Your glory. … Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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