Daily Huddle - Sun Jul 12, 2020 Track To Run On

Love you all, praying for you,
 
I just love that God is the God of the infinite, but He’s also the God of the basics.  I am just so thankful for PRISM.  For half of my life I struggled with being consistent in reading my Bible.  I tried several methods, and some worked for a while.  And then God revealed PRISM – Five Things You Can Do In God’s Word Every Day.   Not a religion, not a checklist, just a track to run on.  I cannot remember one time that I did PRISM – and regretted it, or got nothing out of it.  I can remember hundreds of times when the devil was telling me not to do it… "just rest, you don’t have time, God doesn’t want check-box religion, this isn't about performance, you don’t have to do it every day."  The devil is a liar, from the beginning, the father of lies - nothing he says is true.  Stop listening to him.  Every single time I decided to override his voice, and responded to the Holy Spirit's voice - and choose to spend PRISM time in God’s Word – It always produced something and I never regretted it.  If the devil was trying to keep me from doing one of the five, every time I did just one, or two – God honored it, He showed up, He spoke, so I could listen.  Every time I did just one or two of the five things you can do with PRISM in God's Word – and the Holy Spirit prompted me to come back later in the day for more – cause Jesus had just a few more things to tell me, I never regretted it.  Have you ever been just dying to tell someone something.  That's how Jesus feels, but He already died to tell you.  Why would you not want to hear - what He died to tell you?  The very things on the heart of your Heavenly Father - for you.  The devil always tries to stop you from coming back to PRISM, with the religion card, or the performance card, or the too tired card, or whatever.  But every time you choose PRISM over some other activity.  It’s an act of worship – it's putting God first! and He honors it.  The most important part of PRISM is asking the Holy Spirit, not doing it on your own.  What you read from the Bible, is way different than what the Holy Spirit reads to you, reveals to you, and leads you to.  He always points you to Christ, The Word, Truth, the specific love and the specific will of your Heavenly Father for you.  Especially on Sabbath days, or off-days, or even work days when you come home and can choose between other activities, or the priority of His Word.  Every time you choose PRISM – you will see better, you gain eternal understanding, you will be encouraged - He promised.  When you Praise the Word, you’re praising Jesus, God Himself, and God says He will inhabit that praise with His Holy Spirit.  The atmosphere changes, there’s power unleashed, and you change!  When you Read the Word – you’re getting the daily training established for the Kings of Israel, just like the training prescribed for the Kings and Priests of the Kingdom of God – which you are!  When you get Insight From The Word – in Proverbs – that is just you getting wisdom above all else, which is what God told you.  Life with wisdom, true wisdom, not only prevents stupidity or naivety, it launches and increases your success, it's how God can fulfill His purpose for you!  When you Study the Word – and just ask the Holy Spirit what verse God wants you to S.O.A.P. Out, and ask the Holy Spirit those four questions, instead of just answering them on your own - with your own brain, God reveals Himself to you, His Character and Nature, His love for you, and Goodness for you, and the purpose He promised to fulfill in you!  When you Meditate On The Word, whether a take-away concept from your PRISM, a key verse, or a PRISM Topic, or Relationship Topic – the power of God’s Word – enlightens the eyes of your understanding, and gets translated to your heart and your hands and your feet.  There is nothing in life that is a guaranteed return on investment like this.  PRISM – I pray that it is your habit.  That you would just ask God what He wants you to come back to today. 
 
Love you all,
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