One of the things I sense God wants to energize more completely in me is prayer. I used to think I was “too busy” to pray. Prayer was something I desired to do, but always felt rushed or unable to pray as I thought I should. Now that I am no longer “too busy,” my prayer life is still not where God wants it to be.
One thing I learned at a conference a few years ago was praying the Scriptures. I realize now that I did not practice that as much as I should have, and like all disciplines, you lose your edge if you do not practice.
This morning, I found 2Timothy 2:17-18 as a verse of the day. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” [NKJV]
I read it also in the New Living Translation. “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.” [NLT]
As I read the translations, I knew that God wanted me not just to read it, not just to understand it, He wants me to pray it – pray it for myself, my family, my friends, that we might “be complete!”
So now, while the house is quiet, I am going to spend some time and pray these verses into my life – that I (we) might be taught what is true, that I (we) might realize what is wrong in my (our) life, that I (we) might see the right way and walk in it. God use us and equip us with all we need. Amen.
