Today's readings are: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Genesis 1; 1 Chronicles 1; Luke 1:1-25
The big day has arrived! Today is the first day of The Challenge 2010. I love that we begin by reading Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, a passage that many of you have thought about during different periods of your life.
There is a time for everything. . .
A New Year is a good time to reflect. It is a time to think about where we have been over the course of the past year. It is a time to think about what lies ahead. And, it is a time to look within. What does that look within reveal about you?
It's this looking within that has caused many of us to say, "2010 is the year that I do it! This is the year that God gets to be priority #1. This is the year that I make a concerted effort to know and understand Him as never before."
Your reading today includes Genesis 1. In the first chapter of the Bible we shown the incredible power of God in creation. It takes only four words in our English Bibles before the Subject of the Bible is introduced . . . God. The Hebrew word is Elohim. The Bible is about God. History is His story. Whether we want to admit it or not, everything is about God.
The opening line of A. W. Tozer's classic book, The Knowledge of the Holy says, "What comes to mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you."
So, what is it going to be? Is 2010 going to be all about you, or all about Him?
What do today's readings teach you about God? What new insights have you gained about God by spending time with Him today?
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I love the quote by Tozer and believe it is very true. I am a fan of his on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI found a site on-line that makes reading in the literary format easier. Google ESV Literary One Year Bible and it will come up in that format. You can even listen to it while you read!
Ecc 1:7b a time to keep silence and a time to speak. I am hoping to become better at discerning these times.
Luke 1:6 walking blamelessly in all the commandments. I would love for God to be able to say this about me!
Luke 1: 20 There are heavy consequences for unbelief.
I have more thoughts, but since I'm a lousy typist I'll stop.
Nancy Paul
Great thoughts, Nancy! Thanks for sharing. I love the ESV site too! I have to admit it was easier to listen to the 1 Chronicles 1 passage than read it. It's fun to listen to someone else have to struggle with how to pronounce the Hebrew names.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more with your thoughts on each of the verses you pointed out.