Hi Ladies,
I mentioned a while back that I thought the Lord was doing something around the theme of words. Between Pastor Jason's Proverbs series and the ladies' study through James, it's certainly proving true in my own life! And it seems no matter which part of the Bible I am reading or studying beyond these two right now, that theme keeps surfacing. Sometimes it is through very vivid pictures.
I want to share one with you, in hopes that it will encourage and motivate you this week as it has me. We find the directive "open your mouth" or similar statements almost 30 times in Scripture. The majority of them refer to speaking. However, I read one in Psalms that stopped me:
"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Ps. 81:10)
Can you picture it? Sinful creatures (you and me) standing like tiny stalks on this giant globe, gazing up toward heaven with our mouths gaping open, desperate to be satisfied. And our Infinite, intimate Creator is there, waiting and eager to fill us to overflowing.
"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it," He says.
How often do we look horizontally for filling? John Piper keenly notes, "The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world." (A Hunger For God) We might think we're okay because we don't crave sin. But have we curbed our hunger for Him by filling up on His gifts instead?
"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."
If we are filled to overflowing with Him, what comes out?
Now, we are ready to open our mouths and speak words of life, words of wisdom, words of joy and peace and hope.
Let's pray for one another this week, that we would look up, open up, and let Him fill us up and satisfy us with Himself. And then let’s go be who He wants us to be for one another. ❤️🙏
Can you picture it? Sinful creatures (you and me) standing like tiny stalks on this giant globe, gazing up toward heaven with our mouths gaping open, desperate to be satisfied. And our Infinite, intimate Creator is there, waiting and eager to fill us to overflowing.
"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it," He says.
How often do we look horizontally for filling? John Piper keenly notes, "The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world." (A Hunger For God) We might think we're okay because we don't crave sin. But have we curbed our hunger for Him by filling up on His gifts instead?
"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."
If we are filled to overflowing with Him, what comes out?
Now, we are ready to open our mouths and speak words of life, words of wisdom, words of joy and peace and hope.
Let's pray for one another this week, that we would look up, open up, and let Him fill us up and satisfy us with Himself. And then let’s go be who He wants us to be for one another. ❤️🙏
Anna
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