A Prayer to Dive Deep into God’s Phrase
By Chelsey DeMatteis
Bible Studying
“I raise up my eyes to the hills. From the place does my assist come? My assist comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” – Psalm 121:1-2
As faculty was letting out on the finish of Might, I knew clearly what God’s need was for me this summer season. It was to sabbath. And never just a bit sabbatical, it was so take a step again from the whole lot in life and ministry. This summer season has been stuffed with time in prayer, time within the Phrase, and time simply “being” with God. So usually, our schedules enable for a sliver of time with Jesus, a verse right here and there, and a fast prayer once we’re feeling pissed off or anxious. Whereas I do not wish to diminish these moments, I additionally know that God desires extra for us and presents extra for us in relation to our time with Him.
For me, this has meant spending extra time with the Lord whereas my youngest naps and my oldest has free reign of the home. It has additionally meant studying books that remind me about who God is, what He says, and the way I can dwell by His methods. It has meant opening my Bible at midnight after I cannot shut my thoughts off reasonably than trying up recipes or researching the most effective methods to perform a mission I am planning. Diving deeper into the Phrase of God can solely imply one factor: In return comes a deeper love for God. That is what I’ve seen to be true in my life and within the lives of these round me. I hold coming again to Psalm 121 as I ruminate on all this summer season has taught me and meant to me. I wanted this Sabbath to be reminded over again that God is my assist, my fortress, and my the whole lot.
I raise up my eyes to the hills. From the place does my assist come? My assist comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He won’t let your foot be moved; he who retains you’ll not slumber. Behold, he who retains Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade in your proper hand. The solar shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night time. The Lord will hold you from all evil; he’ll hold your life. The Lord will hold your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 121:1-8
This Psalm concretes the calling of realizing God deeply all of the extra. Our assist comes from the Lord. He won’t allow us to be moved to locations He doesn’t need us to go as we stroll faithfully with Him. He’s our keeper within the highest highs and lowest lows. He’s the shade over us; he covers and carries us. He retains us from all evil and is the One who holds all of our days. We’re promised that He can be with us in our coming and in our going at the moment and endlessly into eternity.
What a promise, what a present. What pleasure we have now in inserting our hope in Him. With out data of what God has given us by His Phrase, we miss these glimpses into the goodness He has for many who love Him. As summer season involves a detailed, I pray that not just for my life however on your life, too, we’ll draw extra carefully to God. This may very well be by a sabbatical or protecting a diligent routine for spending intentional time with Him. No matter it seems like, give your self time to get to know your Creator extra deeply.
He’s trustworthy in displaying Himself to us day in and day trip. We should be trustworthy to indicate up for Him to be taught extra about His coronary heart and wishes for us and people He has entrusted to our care.
Let’s pray:
Lord, thanks for the reward of your guarantees. All all through the Bible, you reveal your coronary heart’s wishes for us, and a kind of wishes you have got is that we might search to know you extra deeply. Assist me to maintain my eyes mounted on you and my steps so carefully behind the main of your Spirit that I by no means need to query the place you’re main me. I submit the remainder of this summer season and the rest of the yr forward to you. Might I faithfully present up for you and expertise the reward of your presence. In Jesus’ identify, amen.
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Chelsey is the voice behind the Residing with Much less Podcast and creator of the 52-week devotional Extra of Him, Much less of Me: Residing a Christ-centered Life in a Me-centered World. She writes devotions for Lifeway Ladies’s Journey Journal, Crosswalk.com, and iBelieve.com. She additionally writes Bible studying plans for the YouVersion Bible App. Chelsey lives in Ohio together with her husband and two kids. You possibly can join together with her on Instagram @chelseydematteis and at her web site ChelseyDeMatteis.com.
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