Committed

 

It’s no secret that I like to knit. There are simple patterns that can be followed even while watching a television program. But there are others, like the one pictured above, that require more focus. I need to find a quiet time and place with no distractions so I can read the pattern and remember it, even in bits and pieces as I work it back and forth. But I am so thrilled when I am able to do it, carve out that time, and see the results. Such satisfaction! Knowing I can read it, remember it, and actually do it! I am so thankful for those quiet times when I can let all other things go for a while, and just focus on this one thing.

We all experience this in one way or another. We set aside a certain time slot for a favorite TV show. We have weekly scheduled times for golf or some other enjoyable sport. A “coffee date” with a friend every Tuesday. We make the time, we make it happen, because we enjoy the joy it brings - even when there are moments of challenge or frustration. We see it through. And the outcome - most pleasurable.

Reading the Bible can have similar results. Desiring it and making time for it, even when it’s challenging, can produce a peace that passes understanding. An inside smile that can brighten your whole day. To read God’s Word, remember it, and actually do it - well, I promise you there will be satisfaction and pleasure and enjoyment the world cannot give. We know we can give focus and attention to a variety of things. Whatever we choose. We are able to let go of other options and turn our whole attention to that which we desire. Because we love it even amidst a challenge or two. 

May we transfer that same kind of devotion, love and desire to the Lord and His Word. 

I am excited to see my scarf in the end. It’s going to be glorious! Your committed walk with the Lord is promised to be glorious as well!

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law (His precepts and teachings) he (habitually) meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted (and fed) by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season; it’s leaf does not wither, and in whatever he does, he prospers (and comes to maturity).  - Psalm 1: 2-3 AMP

Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word (treasuring it and being guided by it day by day). Open my eyes (to spiritual truth) so that I may behold wonderful things from Your law. - Psalm 119:17-18 AMP