‘Keep
your heart on the right path’ (Proverbs 23:19). Lord, we read these
words, and we wonder, ‘How are we to do this?’ Help us to seek ‘truth,
wisdom, instruction and understanding’ (Proverbs 23:23). Help us to give
our hearts to Christ. He is ‘the Truth’ (John 14:6). Help us to open
our hearts to Christ. He is ‘our Wisdom’ (1 Corinthians 1:30). Opening
our hearts will mean opening our Bibles. Giving our hearts to Christ
will mean giving time to reading Your Word. As we read ‘the Scriptures’,
we will receive ‘instruction’. We will learn about ‘salvation through
faith in Christ Jesus’. We will receive ‘instruction for right living’
(2 Timothy 3:14-17). Help us, Lord, as we read Your Word, to pray that
the Holy Spirit will give us ‘understanding’ (1 Corinthians 2:9-13). May
we ‘be filled with the Spirit’ and may ‘the Word of Christ dwell in us
richly’ (Ephesians 5:18; Colossians 3:16).
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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