The God Filled Prayer for His God Filled Church

Today’s reading is Psalm 121-125.

“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD!” (Psalm 122:1, ESV). What better place for the God Filled to be. No doubt, as a song of Ascents, the psalmist was looking forward to time in the Jerusalem tabernacle/temple. However, under Christ’s New Covenant, this doesn’t lead us to look for a destroyed building to be rebuilt, but to the fulfilled temple and house of God which is His church (cf. I Timothy 3:15; Ephesians 2:19-22). Understanding this, the God Filled need to make Psalm 122:6-9 our prayer for the heavenly Jerusalem, Christ’s church (cf. Hebrews 12:22-24).

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
‘May they be secure who love you!
Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!’
For my brothers and companions’ sake
I will say, ‘Peace be within you!’
for the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek your good.”

Are you praying for Christ’s church, the heavenly Jerusalem, the house of the LORD today?

Monday’s reading is Psalm 126-130.

Who Needs Who?

Today’s reading is Psalm 46-50.

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all its fullness are mine” (Psalm 50:12, ESV). It’s really quite humbling. God doesn’t need us. God hasn’t commanded worship and service because He needs anything from us. God doesn’t encourage prayer and adoration because He needs anything from us. Rather, God has commanded and encouraged all these things because we need what God offers us through them. Being God Filled is awesome. But we must always remember who is really helping who in this relationship.

Tomorrow’s reading is Psalm 51-55.

God Filled Teamwork

Today’s reading is Nehemiah 1-5.

We may think being God Filled means going it on our own. “Just me and God,” we say. Sadly, most of the time we say “It’s just  me and God,” we actually mean, “It’s just me.” When I’m relying on God, I’m relying on His people. The Jews rebuilt Jerusalem’s wall by relying on God by relying on each other. Is it too cliche to say, “Teamwork makes the dream work”? Let’s face it, the work is hard and the enemy is attacking. But together we can do it. There may be rare exceptions, but in general, we won’t be God Filled all alone. So…who’s on your team?

Tomorrow’s reading is Nehemiah 6-10.

Speak, LORD, for Your Servant Hears

Today’s reading is 1 Samuel 1-5.

I don’t expect the Lord to call you in the middle of the night. However, each day as we delve into our Bible texts, we need the same attitude Eli taught Samuel. “Speak, LORD, for your servant hears” (1 Samuel 3:9, ESV). Whatever He says, we believe. Wherever He sends, we go. Whatever He instructs, we proclaim. The LORD do so to us and more if we hide anything of what He tells us (cf. 1 Samuel 3:17).

We’d love to know what you got out of today’s reading or if some other part of the reading struck you. Let us know in the comments section.

Tomorrow’s reading is 1 Samuel 6-10.