I really must say it has been a huge blessing to my own heart! I did go through a similar programme when I came to Christ some 30 odd years ago. It was a blessing then, and it has been this time too. I am just thrilled to see how God uses such a mixed bag of very ordinary and very human people to accomplish His will. It just makes me aware that as we yield to Him He can uses us in amazing ways. I was also challengeed by the recent commentary on David that often a single sin can lead to a cascade of ever escalating sins.....so we need to be vigilant.
Can I really encourage people if the are behind.......do not get so caught up with trying to catch up......that will cause you to rush through the passages just for the sake of catching up. I believe that is dishonoring to His Word. Just go through the day's reading and really be blessed by that. We should not see it as a race! We need to take time over it, read it slowly so we can meditate upon it and benefit from it......and enjoy it! An illustration: I often do my exercise by doing my two bridge walk (walking from Canning bridge to Mt Henry Bridge as a circuit). sometimes I do the walk slowly and really enjoy it, take in the beauty of it. However most times I am cranking up the pace and walk as fast as i can.....good exercise but there is no taking in of the scenery......no enjoyment of the surroundings.....just pushing through the pain.
So wherever you are in the reading, just keep doing it. After all the purpose of the plan is to encourage us to read His Word.....not a demand that we have to fulfil every part of the program! We need to keep that in focus. Do not be discouraged by what you have NOT read but be uplifted, challenged and blessed by what you HAVE read.
Let us keep walking! And let us take it slowly so we can enjoy and benefit from the journey!
God Bless,
Mark
