Devotional Life Write It Down

Devotional Life

Write It Down

 

The Lord told Habakkuk to write down the revelation

Make the effort in your devotional time

To pick up the treasures and write them down

Spend time adjusting those treasures into words that are plain to read

Write in your own words

What you have gotten from time with the Lord and His Word

Than look for those you can share it with

A word aptly spoken

is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11

A wise mentor is not a wordy guy with lots of options

When they speak, their words will have meaning in life and the lives of others

God will speak to you in your devotional time with Him

Take time to set those words of gold in settings of silver

Then give them as a valuable piece of jewelry that will adorn others

Making them feel more valuable 

Write It Down

If it is important…

Write it down.

Before you go to the store

make a list…

 Write it down.

When you meet a new friend

or business acquaintance…

 Write it down.

That appointment you made…

Write it down.

Writing something down

is such a good idea.

I have never liked my handwriting.

So I am very glad for computers and

spell check, copy and paste and all the

various tools we now have to write down

those important things in our lives.

As a young minister, I was

mentored by a man I greatly respect.

I watched his life in every

way and I learned so much. 

He was a very disciplined man.

 He ran every day, balanced

church work and family.

His spiritual life was amazing.

One of the things that made his spiritual

life so amazing was his daily journaling.

He wrote down the things

he was praying about,

 the scriptures he had read,

his thoughts and what

he felt God was saying to him.

You could ask him any day of the week…

 “What is God saying to you?”

And he would have a fresh answer.

He did not do this for the next sermon

he would preach, he did it for himself.

It was private, but it made him

stand out like a lighthouse.

When I started writing daily devotionals, I felt

like my little feet were growing in his shoes.

I will forever be grateful to Ted Evans,

 and for his positive influence in my life.

My devotional time takes place in my office.

I have a large TV as a computer monitor.

I open a Word window,

Bible Program and Google.

 I also have a pad of paper with a pen.

There are many ways to start

journaling your devotional time.

I can guarantee that if you write a

Journal, you will gain so much more.

For years I would read through

the Bible in a Year, every other year.

I found I was more focused on

getting the reading done, than

getting something out of my reading.

The big picture is very important

to understanding the small pieces.

The little pieces are the specks and nuggets

of gold that give value to the big picture.

My devotional time is a commitment

to get my daily bread and some

bread I can share with someone else.

So I do not feel my devotional time

is complete without writing down

something that spoke to me.

Every Monday through Friday I do two things…

I first read a devotional I wrote weeks ago

(in order I wrote them) before I email it out

 to those who request it and put it in my blog.

I am amazed almost every

day, if I did not realize it…

I would have never known I had written it.

This is so encouraging as it confirms the

Holy Spirit is involved in my devotional

time and He is speaking to me.

I am always so encouraged to

find new treasures after looking at

the treasures I found days before.

The Lord told Habakkuk to

write down the revelation.

Make the effort in your devotional time to

pick up the treasures and write them down.

Spend time adjusting those treasures

into words that are plain to read.

Write in your own words what you have

gotten from time with the Lord and His Word.

Than look for those you can share it with…

A word aptly spoken is like

apples of gold in settings of silver.

Proverbs 25:11

Ted Evans was not a wordy

guy with lots of options.

When he spoke his words had meaning

in my life and the lives of others.

God will speak to you in

your devotional time with Him.

Take time to set those words

of gold in settings of silver.

Than give them as a valuable piece

of jewelry that will adorn others…

Making them feel more valuable. 

Scripture Reading

Habakkuk 2:1-2 NIV

I will stand at my watch

and station myself on the ramparts;

I will look to see what he will say to me,

and what answer I am to give to this complaint.  

2 Then the LORD replied:

"Write down the revelation

and make it plain on tablets

so that a herald may run with it.