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TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE

Jesus taught that all scripture testifies about him so that in him we might have life (John 5v39-40). King David taught that it is only by living according to God's word that we're kept on the right path (Psalm 119v9). What then could be better than reading the entire Bible? Click the menu to read about the program, choose a month or Bible book - or just work through the blog posts day by day.

(23) 23 January : Proverbs 10v20-21 / Genesis 27v1-28v9 / Psalm 8v3-9

BEGIN WITH PRAYER
"Lord open my eyes and my heart."

Read slowly so that you take in. And as you do, turn your heart to God, thanking him for the good you discover and praying his will home for you, your family, your church and the world.

Wisdom to chew on

Understanding to grow in
God can work through even the most dysfunctional families! Isaac gives such a significant blessing only because he knows God promised his father that Isaac’s descendants would become a great nation who will inherit Canaan and be blessed (12v1-7). But God uses the persistent lying of Jacob and his mother to ensure that this blessing comes through the one he had already chosen (see 25v23). Likewise he works out his purposes in Christ as he sees fit. And what encouragement! Even our bad decisions may be used by him for good. Nothing is wasted. As you read consider what lessons there are here for how God’s people relate to him and to one-another.

Finish this reading by pausing to ask yourself:
1) What’s the main thing it teaches me about God or his purposes in Christ? Then praise him for this.
2) What’s the main thing it teaches me about his will for me or the world? Then pray that home.

Devotion to offer up
You could read this aloud and perhaps as a springboard to further prayer.