Devotions

“I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent.”

Isaiah 62:6

We, too, need to be watchmen, watching for the LORD, praying to the LORD and sharing about the LORD!

“Blessed is the man who listens to Me, Watching daily at My gates, Waiting at the posts of My doors.”

Proverbs 8:34

In everywhere we go and in everything we do, we need to be looking for the LORD and watching for Him!

“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Mark 14:38

When we aren’t looking, praying and talking about the LORD, we can and do fall into all kinds of foolishness. Today, let us be watching, praying and sharing about the LORD. Don’t be silent. Have a blessed day.

“But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.”

Isaiah 61:6

The plan of the LORD was for Israel to be a nation of priests, which will happen.

“And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

Exodus 19:6

What is awesome with this plan is we who believe in the LORD get to be part of it too!

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

1 Peter 2:9

What a privilege that we get to be part of the LORD’S plan to be a priesthood, a glowing light of His salvation! Today, be a proclaimer of the good news of the LORD everywhere you go. Have a blessed day.

“When the time arrives that all these things have come upon you, both the blessing and the curse which I have presented to you; and you are there among the nations to which Adonai your God has driven you; then, at last, you will start thinking about what happened to you;”

Deuteronomy 30:1 CJB

As we read this verse, one of the things we can get out of it is all things come to pass. Whether the good things or the bad things, the LORD uses every situation to steer us to where He wants us to be.

“The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.”

Psalm 34:17-18 NKJB

Today, you maybe going through some difficulties, or maybe you’re having great blessings. Remember the LORD allows situations to happen so we can see Him working.

“My times are in Your hand; rescue me from my enemies’ power, from those who persecute me.”

Psalm 31:15 CJB

No matter what is going on in your life, the LORD knows! Often times, we need to really spend some time contemplating on what the LORD may be doing, how He is using the situation you’re in for His glory. He has a reason for your season! Have a blessed day seeking Him.

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

Deuteronomy 29:29

The LORD lets us know what He wants us to know and some things He keeps from us! The LORD has instructed us in His word what to do and what not to do!

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:9

What does this leave us to do? It allows us to keep praying and seeking the LORD! Searching His word for directions and decisions we need to make! Spending time in His word seeking His heart on matters we are going through!

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

Have a relationship with the LORD and His body!

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

Hebrews 10:25

Today, just do what’s in front of you, don’t worry about what hasn’t happened yet or what you got coming next. Today will have enough issues, tomorrow is another day. Enjoy this day in the LORD! Have a blessed day.

“If you ask Me for something in My name, I will do it. If you love Me, you will keep my commandments.”

John 14:14-15 CJB

We all can be guilty of asking the LORD for all kinds of things and at the same time not obeying His voice! To have a relationship means we have to listen, not only talk. A one-sided relationship really isn’t a relationship, is it?

“How I wish My people would listen to Me, that Israel would live by My ways!”

Psalm 81:13 CJB

Today, let us talk to the LORD and listen to Him. He is talking; are we listening?

“As high as the sky is above the earth are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:9 CJB

When we talk to the LORD, making requests or asking for direction, let us listen and obey. Also remember He is the LORD. Don’t get caught up in one-sided conversations. In fact, let’s talk and listen with people we come in contact with today also, have a conversation! Have a blessed day. Shabbat Shalom.