Bible in One Year
Recently I’ve only be highlighting one of my devotional plans, and not going over the Bible in One Year plan. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been doing that plan. I’m still holding steady with this one and I’m not almost at 1/3 of the year finished. I’ve tried doing this in the past and I usually only make it about a month in before I stop running that race. So, this is actually a good year. I’m not celebrating my completion yet but it feels good to be reading the Word of God every day.
Since I just finished a secondary plan and I haven’t found a new one yet, I’m going to give you my thoughts that I had while doing my 1 Year Plan. I hope you enjoy!
Thursday
The major festivals of the church help us to remember the key events in the life of Jesus. At the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the service of communion so that we would not forget the central events of world history – the death and resurrection of Jesus.
[I would add here that this is precisely how we should treat the Feast of YHWH. The spring feasts should be celebrated as memorials to our king, so that we can remember all that He has done for us. The fall feasts should be celebrated in anticipation of what is yet to be done. And since the victory is already assured, we can still celebrate them for what He has already done for us.]
(Psalms 45:10-17, Luke 16:19-17:10, Deuteronomy 23-25)
Psalms – When we accept Messiah as our King we are instructed to “forget your people and your father’s house.” Too often, we say Jesus is our Lord but we still live like our people and our father’s house are still in charge. We need a total reorientation of our priorities. This take vigilance and we need to go over it each and every day.
Luke – The tale of Lazarus and the rich man should give us pause. How often do we see someone who is in need and, though we’re able to help in some way, we pass them by? Do we turn our head so that we don’t see them? Maybe we’ve been turning our heads for so long that we don’t even notice that we’re doing it anymore. It is our calling to be Jesus to the world. Even though I try my best to offer help when I can, I know that I could do more. So the question is, why don’t I do what I’m able to do. If I’m honest with myself it’s because I’m scared that if I give away the money/things that I have which could help someone I will find myself in the same place that the person I would be helping might be in. But we’re not to worry about where our next meal will come from (Matthew 6:31). Everything we have been given is by God’s providence.
Here’s the kicker: God has told us not to worry about our next meal because He will provide; what if the way God has chosen to provide for the person in need is by your giving, and you just turned your head?
Deuteronomy – We have been given the Holy Spirit as our comforter and our teacher. He will bring to our remembrance the law of God which is written on our hearts. There are so many commandments that we need to keep in mind but, if we keep the right mindset, all we need to keep in mind is this:
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." (Mat 22:37-40 ESV)
Now all that’s left is to figure out how to show our love to God…
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