The road to Emmaus

I read chapter 83 of the Desire of Ages today, and I was struck by one of Mrs. White's observations from the story of the Road to Emmaus. When the three travelers were reaching Emmaus, and the two men were heading to their place of lodging, Jesus acted as if he were going further, but the disciples pressed the invitation, "Stay with us, it is evening and the day is far spent." Luke 24:29. So Christ accepted the invitation.
From Desire of Ages, p. 800, "Had the disciples failed to press their invitation, they would not have know that their traveling companion was the risen Lord. Christ never forces His company upon anyone. He interests Himself in those who need Him. Gladly will He enter the humblest home, and cheer the lowliest heart. But if men are too indifferent to think of the heavenly Guest, or ask Him to abide with them, He passes on. Thus many meet with great loss. They do not know Christ any more than the disciples as He walked with them by the way."
I want to invite Jesus to come and spend time with me. Lord, help me to always invite you in to my heart, and help me not to be indifferent to think of You.

Wisdom

I read three chapters this morning, Proverbs 7-9. The overpowering theme here is the admonition to acquire wisdom. In Proverbs 8, Solomon speaks as wisdom, and says in verse 20: "I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgement..." Thus will I seek wisdom from God, who giveth to all who ask.

More Proverbs

Well, so far my "daily" blog hasn't been too successful, but hopefully i'll get better at remembering...

I read Proverbs 6 today, and as usual, there is a lot of great wisdom to be had. One of my favorite passages is verses 20-22:

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother;
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

I want to have God's law bound about my neck; I want Him to write His law in my heart.

Proverbs 4

Chapters in Proverbs sometimes seem very similar, especially the first several. However, there are unique thoughts in each chapter, probably even in each verse, that can be found. Today I read chapter four, and found an interesting verse:
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." verse 23.
This verse can be read two different ways. On the one hand, we must keep our hearts with diligence, by means of healthful living and exercise, etc., which will keep the life blood flowing strongly. But on the other hand, we must guard our hearts against temptation, and this only with God's help, which will keep His life flowing through us.

Proverbs 3

Yes, I've missed a few days... We'll see if I can manage to get back on track.

I read Proverbs chapter 3 this morning, and I just picked out one verse that I like:
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Proverbs 3:26

It's good to know that we can have full confidence in the Lord - often when we are dealing with other people we make a back up plan if they don't come through with their part of the bargain... God always comes through for us.

Constrained by the Spirit

Today I read from Acts 16, the chapter that talks about Lidya and also about Paul and Silas in the jail, but before those parts, it talks about their journeys about the region. I read in verse 6 that they went throughout Phrygia and Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, and continuing on, they came to Mysia, then intended to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit suffered them not. After that they received a vision calling them to Macedonia.
Wouldn't it be awesome if we were that connected to the Spirit that we could hear His clear leading like that? I've never experienced something like that, but it would be exciting to know that God was leading that closely in my life. I'm sure He would like to... if i would just let Him.

Hello

I've decided to start a blog about my daily bible readings. I have a few reasons for doing this: I don't always read my bible every day, and this might help me remember/be motivated; I want to think about what i read and comment on it; and I want to be able to look back and see how God has helped me grow over the weeks and months. With His help, I think this will be a great experience for me.

This morning I read Titus and Philemon. These are interesting books; Paul wrote both of them while he was in prison, both to young men who were leaders in different church areas. He has some really great advice and admonitions about how to live a godly life. I hope I can take them to heart.