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Revive, Refresh, Replenish, and Renew
So how can we be revived, refreshed, replenished, and renewed this year? I believe we all know the answer, but what do we need to do to get there? The answer does not just lie in New Year’s resolutions, diets, or exercise programs… although they can be good for us. We need to sink our hearts and souls into God. To eat of His bread daily, to pray continually, to praise and gives thanks constantly in ALL things. The issue is not: access to Him, He is everywhere; that we do not have a Bible, most of us have several versions; that we do not have a radio or computer, or, CD’s to hear words of praise to Him. Most of us are blessed with several options right in our homes and/or at work and, of course, with the Internet, you can listen all day long if you choose.

I am sure, like myself, that the New Year brought plans for a new diet or way of eating or exercising into many of your lives. And what do they always say? “The first couple of weeks is the most difficult as you cleanse your body.” Making God a daily priority is much like a new eating or exercise regimen. I personally have felt the conviction of being so consumed with eating right and taking care of this 50+ mind and body of mine, I miss God in it! I have to be honest and say that I am not as concerned with asking myself, “What is the next thing God wants of me?”

I cannot put my finger on exactly when I started to read the Bible on a daily basis, but I believe it was the Christmas of 1964 when my sister gave me a Bible, which was my first one. At first, the goal was to read through the “whole thing”, then it grew to wanting to study and learn, and today it is a craving to know Him better everyday. Throughout my life I have fallen away from Him and His Word many times, I wish I could tell you that I have had the self-control to do daily what I know, verses doing what I feel, but I fail at this also at times.

As you begin to read His word and as you listen to Him, there will be times that He leads you to more time, because His Word is “living”. It reminds me of a scene from of the movie “A Beautiful Mind” when the main character John is looking at a wall of full of numbers and as he studied them, different numbers and combinations would stand out and they were constantly changing which one was the more predominant. Each time I read, I learn something new. As if the Bible itself is alive and different verses and combinations of them are just jumping off the pages speaking directly into my life. And there are, of course, those days when I read and at the end have no idea what I was supposed to have gained, but there are times later when those same passages have came to mind as an answer to something. Your time spent in the Word is never wasted or in vain!

God is good and I no longer look at my daily time with Him as time consuming, but rather as life fulfilling. I encourage you today to start with a daily commitment no matter how small. Let it grow in your heart and in your life and let God be your guide as to your time commitment and your learning. If you are just starting, come to Him with expectancy and willingness and the Bible will come alive.

Living in His presence while feasting on His Word is how we can bring Revival in our souls, Refreshment in our hearts, Replenishment to our bodies and Renewing in our minds on a daily basis.

Feasting…
Kathy