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June 6
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“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”  (2 Corinthians 9:7, NIV)

Each day, we have numerous opportunities to give.

In the context of today’s scripture, Paul is both commending and encouraging the disciples in Corinth (who were a pretty cosmopolitan lot in their day) to not only give of their treasure, but to give it liberally — and with a smile!

As you have opportunity to give today, remember that “God loves a cheerful giver.”  – Luther

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June 4
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“In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.”  (Psalm 18:29, New Living Translation)

Because of our relationship with God, we ought to be both optimistic (or visionary) and powerful.

A vision without power is like an unplugged electrical appliance.  Power without a vision is a recipe for disappointment.

Living each hour of our day in the strength of the Lord gives us both the vision and the power to “scale any wall.”

What walls that need to be scaled are facing you?

With God, all things are possible.  – Luther

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June 3
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“’My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.'”  (John 4:34, NIV)

As we’ve been told before: We need to be careful of what we eat.  Over time, what we consume eventually consumes us.

Jesus said that His “food” was: (1) To do the will of His Father and; (2) To finish His work.

What is it that energizes you?  What is it that were you to have to do without, you would die?  By definition, this is our “food.”

As followers of Jesus, we should have the exact same motivation that He did.  To require anything else assures spiritual malnutrition and the risk of being consumed by unworthy ambitions.

In Matthew 6:33, Jesus tells us to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these [other] things [we so eagerly seek, including literal food] will be added [provided] to us.” (Note: Bracketed words are my amplifications.)  – Luther

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