One Week at a Time
Grounded and Growing Through His Word
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WEEK 25 Psalm 139:1-24 Focus: 139:23, 24
Overview: David talks of God knowing the details of our lives. He knows our thoughts, our plans, and what we will say next. There is nowhere we can go to flee from His presence. No matter where we go, His hand is there to guide us and hold us fast.
Focus: Looking at verses 23 and 24, He knows and searches our hearts and anxious thoughts. As we evaluate ourselves, He can let us know if anything gets in our way of knowing Him better. Sometimes it is daily evaluation with confession and purifying of our hearts (1 John 1:9). Other times it is evaluating major issues in our lives to check for positive or negative influences or impact. Some of our idols (1 John 5:21) may include hobbies, friends, relationships, career, Facebook, or iPad time.
How to Apply: For this week, spend time to pray through verses 23 and 24 with the following:
• know—God knows us in detail
• evaluate—check for any offensive ways
• remove—any idol in our way of knowing God
• lead—follow in God’s way
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Sometimes we are too intense to track how often we read the Bible and try to read a devotional every day to check it off our list. We focus for a time, miss a day, get a new verse or verses tomorrow, and start all over to try for a reading every day. What if we could work on the same reading for a week—same verse or verses, same application—and transform our lives to follow God through his Word one week at a time?
We can set a foundation of a manageable list of verses to pray through and memorize, learn the overview of the verses or chapter, and find an application for our lives to apply the rest of the week.
Whether by yourself, with a friend, or in a small group, you can become more knowledgeable on how God uses the writers and people of the Bible to challenge us forward in our walk with God today.
About the Author
Dale Hansen is retired and spends his time reading, running, mentoring others and watching his grandkids. He enjoys leading small Bible study groups which he has done for over thirty years. He is married with two married daughters and three grandsons. He lives in Joliet, IL.