Prov 8:27 [ESV] When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep
Each morning when I wake up, I read scripture, I pray, I drink a litre of fresh water and lemon, and I do some exercises and stretching.
I am preparing for the day ahead so that my spirit, my mind and my body will be healthy.
I check my emails, my messages and my own notes. I am preparing for the day ahead so my role in work will be healthy.
I sit and chat with my wife, and listen to her plans for day, and her hopes and dreams, and what I can do for us that day – and this is preparation for our marriage to be healthy.
Each evening when I rest I regularly succumb to temptation and I eat chocolate or chips, and then I most often regret it. I am preparing for challenges in my health later on.
Everything we chose to do or not do is in its own way a preparation for the future.
Audit your regular habits and you will see what you are preparing to have established in your life.
KNOWLEDGE – being prepared and making ready is one of God’s principles and we see it in His character and His actions. Jesus was prepared, and ready for what lay before him, whether meeting a woman, teaching the disciples, or going to the cross. He made sure the disciples were prepared for the Passover [Mark 14:16], John the Baptist told us to “prepare a way” [Matt 3:3], and Jesus told us that he has “prepared a way” for each of us [Matt 25:34].
Preparation was a principle of God.
UNDERSTANDING
Let’s pick one word from this verse to look closer at and see if that can help us gain a deeper insight into how God would love us to live?
The word used for “established” is pronounced as “kun” and carries the meanings “to be established; be steadfast; be firm; be prepared; to set in place; to make secure; and to be made ready.”
In the LXX the word used is ητοίμαζε [etoimaze] – meaning “he prepared”. This word also appears forty times in the New Testament and carries the meanings of making ready or being prepared.
WISDOM
What does God want to make His mark on through me today?
STRENGTHS THOUGHT: Significance as a Gallup Strength wants to make a difference and wants that difference to count! Make sure it’s not bringing the focus onto you.
Allan’s Unauthorised Version – When he made steadfast and prepared the place of the stars and the invisible realm of God, when he marked out and engraved a circle of horizon and before the mysterious powers
When he established – when he made steadfast and prepared
the heavens, I was there – the place of the stars and the invisible realm of God
when he drew – when he marked out and engraved
a circle – a circle of horizon
on the face – and before
of the deep – the mysterious powers
PRAYER: Father, thank you for today. Help me to know my own place that you have prepared for me, and to fill it with your love.
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