That I Might have A Word For the Weary

131 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ti 4:13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Timothy is holding the fort so to speak until Paul is able to come to him. Kind of what the church and it's pastors are to do until Jesus comes! Hold the fort! Timothy, (and we) are given three areas in which to give out attention to. Last time we talked about reading. The word means to “know again.” This speaks of reading God's Word and storing it up in our hearts as the Psalmist wrote in Ps 119:11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You! Timothy (and we) are also encouraged to pay attention to exhortation. We are to be cheerleaders for the saints as we urge them to stay the course and finish the race! The word in the Greek is paraklesis and it involves the acts of imploring, solace, comfort, and consolation! All these acts are able to flow from one who has become familiar with Scripture as it says in Ro 15:4 “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” It is amazing, yes even miraculous how a timely word from the Scriptures can bring comfort and hope to the weary. It is as the prophet Isaiah said in Isa 50:4 "The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned. Christian radio and other media have been used by God as a great tool in this arena, but let us not all rely on mass communication. Sometimes we are left alone one on one with a weary soul in need of the consolation found in the Word of God. Why not pray with every new day as you spend time in the Scriptures: “Lord, awaken my ears today to Your Word, that I might have a word from you for the weary. In Jesus Name, Amen