Today I am challenged to read, reflect, and respond to God's word on a more personal level.
George Mueller, the great man of faith who opened many children's homes without funding or financial backing, changed many lives throughout England. He wrote:
"The first thing I did, after having asked in a few words of the Lord's blessing upon his precious Word, was to begin to mediate on the Word of God, searching as it were every verse to get blessing out of it; not for the sake of public ministry of the Word, not for the sake of preaching on what I had mediated upon, but for the sake of obtaining food for my own soul.
The result I have found to be invariably this, that after a few minutes my soul has been led to confession, or to thanksgiving, or to intercession, or to supplication; so that though I did not, as it were, give myself to prayer, but to meditation, yet it turned almost immediately more or less to prayer." George Muller, Spring 1841, Bristol, England.
I have also been reading The Reflective Life by Ken Gire. He also speaks about "reading" the moments in our day, and becoming increasingly mindful about what God is speaking to us personally. This is a practice of living a different way; a more reflective way, which takes mindful practice.
I would like to turn that
reflection to scripture, as so often I can read wonderful books that help me to grow in my walk with God, but today I am challenged to pray the scriptures and reflect on their application for my life.
Father, help me to see you today, in the common everyday routines of my life. May you enter in and break the bread of your presence with me, and my I, in turn, take that bread, and share it with others. Amen.
George Mueller, the great man of faith who opened many children's homes without funding or financial backing, changed many lives throughout England. He wrote:
"The first thing I did, after having asked in a few words of the Lord's blessing upon his precious Word, was to begin to mediate on the Word of God, searching as it were every verse to get blessing out of it; not for the sake of public ministry of the Word, not for the sake of preaching on what I had mediated upon, but for the sake of obtaining food for my own soul.
The result I have found to be invariably this, that after a few minutes my soul has been led to confession, or to thanksgiving, or to intercession, or to supplication; so that though I did not, as it were, give myself to prayer, but to meditation, yet it turned almost immediately more or less to prayer." George Muller, Spring 1841, Bristol, England.
I have also been reading The Reflective Life by Ken Gire. He also speaks about "reading" the moments in our day, and becoming increasingly mindful about what God is speaking to us personally. This is a practice of living a different way; a more reflective way, which takes mindful practice.
I would like to turn that
Father, help me to see you today, in the common everyday routines of my life. May you enter in and break the bread of your presence with me, and my I, in turn, take that bread, and share it with others. Amen.
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