Read the Bible in a Year (25APR19)

2 KINGS MOMENT – (25APR19) King Joash had repairs done to the Lord’s temple. The priests had been slow with the restoration process, so Joash had them to hire outside contractors to get the work done for the Lord’s temple to be repaired. Just as there had to be repairs done on the Lord’s temple, we must ensure that we allow the Lord to do repairs on us as well. We are His temple and our lives are to be a daily living sacrifice unto Him. No building can go years without there being some type of maintenance done to it to keep it structurally sound and it is the same way with our spiritual life. In order to do maintenance on our spiritual temples, we must pray, read the Word, and fast, so that we can hear the Lord clearly as to what He wants for our lives. Just as Joash had the priest to hire outside contractors because the priests had not been on the job with doing the repairs themselves, sometimes, we too must have others to help us along the way in our spiritual walk to give us encouragement, strength and support. Our main Repairer, however, is Jesus and He is the One who fixes all wounds, pain, disappointment, and replenishes us when we are weak. Jesus is the Restorer of our souls, and it is in Him that we find all that we need for our temples to be sustained. Something to ponder…

QUESTION OF THE DAY – (25APR19) The Prophet Elisha died after being ill for a while. Later, the Moabites came to raid the Israelites as a funeral was taking place, so the deceased’s mourners threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the corpse touched Elisha’s bones, the man became alive again. Many people are living spiritually dead lives. They no longer feel as if they have the strength to continue the Christian journey and have spiritually flatlined. The spiritually compromised are not able to offer any hope and all other attempts to defibrillate themselves have failed. Yet, there is hope. Just as the dead man came alive again after touching Elisha’s bones, sometimes being connected to the right man and/or woman of God can help bring life back into one’s soul. The Bible poses the question of how can two walk together unless they agree. This is why it is so important to be connected to a body of Christ rather in a church, Bible study group, or in some other manner because iron sharpens iron and we all may have times that we feel spiritually dead, but just a connection with the right person can make all the difference in the world. Most important, being connected to Christ is what sustains us because He is the Resurrection and the Life for both the physical and spiritual body. Something to ponder…

2 KINGS MOMENT – (25APR19) Amaziah became prideful after he successfully defeated the Edomites. He arrogantly picked a fight with Jehoash king of Israel although he had been warned by Jehoash that this was not a fight that he wanted to start. Unfortunately, Amaziah was over confident and the two kings went to battle. He lost the battle to Jehoash and later, he lost his life through an assassination plot. One thing that God hates is Pride. When the Lord blesses us to come out of a situation and/or deliver a victory into our hands, we are to never operate in pride. We know that pride comes before the fall and what goes up, can come back down. Therefore, when God blesses us, let’s remember to stay humble at His feet. There is nothing wrong with taking joy in the things that the Lord does for us, but let us remember that without HIM, we would not be able to accomplish anything. Something to ponder…