Scripture:
Philemon 1:7 "For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother." (NASB)
Observation:
Refreshed? Paul writes, through God's grace we are refreshed. Hence we should continue to pursue God's knowledge and teaching. Also spread his love amongst others. God has given us second chance and forgave us despite our unfaithful and unlawful actions. We are his disobedient servant yet, he refreshed us by his grace so we can continue to seek and know him. We may build strong relationship with him with fresh heart and minds only focusing on him.
Application:
It's difficult to refresh my heart with families and people who have done me wrong and done wrong to my family. It is even more difficult when it was done by your blood. The way God forgave the disobedient servants like me so that through his refreshment, I may come to realization of God's love and to learn and seek him. How difficult it is as flesh, I have no investment to refresh, because though I may refresh my heart and mind in hopes that the hostility and pain will dissolve away, the evil finds cracks in the wall and find it's way into creating bigger trouble. Why can I find myself refreshed? How difficult is it? How can I make my refreshment everlasting? Letting God and his spirit stir my heart and allow them to refresh my heart with warm tea when it is cold and with cold ice water when it is burning up. It is never ending battle to find content, it's daily battle to keep myself refreshed and away from the desolate environment and circumstance. But at the end of the battle, there is greatest gift of peace and joy. Finding refuge in God, and feed myself of his Glory will consistent contentment, which in near future will come to be genuine joy and peace which will be an ultimate refreshment.
Prayer:
Father God, my heart is so dull and rusted. It need summer clean up, refresh my heart Lord. I ask for your guidance that I may be strong minded to walk in the path which you have laid out for me. Though there are many tough consequences, at the end Father your reward of ultimate peace and joy will be ever refreshing to my heart. Father give me the courage to refresh my heart and to forgive those who are so lost and in darkness, tempted by greed and evil that they will harm me and my family. Lay your hand upon me that I may stay and feel refreshed daily through all this and come out stronger and not lose my focus on your grace. Father your grace is more than enough, I praise and sing your grace is more then enough. Father God, thank you for your unconditional love and mercy on me and my family, continue to mold and refresh our heart, let heart be geared towards you but nothing but you. Father thank you and in your amazing and precious name amen.
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