be diligent...

I hear it this morning...
on my knees...
asking for guidance...
to face the week ahead...

Be diligent...

So I go to the dictionary... and the Word...

diligent... steady... earnest... energetic... 

And I remember... my brokenness... making me a sieve... 

How do I remain steady... energetic... when all just flows through...?

Only in Him... the One who provides... streams of living water... from within...

Diligence... comes from a steady focus... on Him... constant filling from Him...

The Word... it says...

"Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life.

Deuteronomy 4:9 ESV

(emphasis added)

diligently... translated from the Hebrew... mâʿod... meaning... might... force... abundance... muchness...

... take care... keep your soul... with muchness...? 

How does this happen... when I feel like not such a much...?

And I find this particular Hebrew... in another verse... and make it a prayer... 

You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.

Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

Then I shall not be put to shame, 

having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

Psalm 119:4-6 ESV

Lord... You call me to be diligent... on this journey...

Oh... that I would be steady... in walking Your Way... keep my eyes... focused on You... provide the muchness... needed...

This week's readings... for The Journey...

Monday             John 9

Tuesday             John 10

Wednesday        John 11:1-44

Thursday            John 11:45 - 12:26

Friday                John 12:27 - 13:20