Seize the Moment – Day 303
Draw Near!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, January 14.
How are you practically experiencing the promises of God in your daily life?
For example, in Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus promised that in His easy yoke all who are weary and heavy burdened will find rest.
God’s word teaches us how this happens in Hebrews 4:11-13,
Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest… For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Here are three ways reading your Bible daily helps you enter into His rest:
- There is a great rest to be found in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ when we daily enter the rhythm of being still and knowing that He is God. It is wearisome trying to be god! He is God, we are not!
- There is a clarifying conviction that comes from reading His Word because God knows us and our needs and sets us free from our burdens.
- There is the Counselor’s comfort when we invite the Holy Spirit to know our thoughts and hearts and speak truth to us.
As Hebrews 4:16 commands us, “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Every day as you read and pray the Word of God, draw near to God and He promises to draw near to you (James 4:8).
Seize the moment and draw near today! Allow His Spirit to make you lie down in green pastures and lead you beside still waters (Psalm 23:2)—be diligent to enter His rest today.
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