Monday, November 4, 2019

Iron Sharpens Iron

Meditate on…or Memorize this short verse:
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 27:17

Sharpen…to be alert. Friend, we need to be alert.
David wrote about being alert and attentive to his goal…. He was determined not to rest…to be lazy and just enjoy his good life, but he was sharpening his own senses to find a place for God.
I will not go home; I will not let myself rest. I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumber until I find a place to build a house for the LORD, a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel. Psalm 132:3-5
Are we like David? Looking for a place for God in our lives? A place and a time?
His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. ... "God overlooked people's ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead." 
Acts 17:27, 30-31

Paul reminded us that God is not far from us. The truth is He is within us.
And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Romans 8:10-11

Jesus Himself spoke to His disciples about staying alert when they asked Him about the end times.
Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man. Luke 21:36

In his letter to the church at Ephesus Paul instructed them to keep on praying for fellow Christians. That will help them be sharp…and alert.
Pray in the Spirit
Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. Ephesians 6:18
Are you persistently seeking God yourself, praying for others and encouraging them to seek God daily?

Prayer ~ Now all glory to You, God, who is able, through Your mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 Thank You that You keep us alert and sensitive to helping others around us not to become complacent. Iron sharpens Iron.

Daily Bible Reading: Matthew 22; Mark 12

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