Christ the living book of wisdom
The Lord’s Instruction is perfect,
reviving one’s very being.
The Lord’s laws are faithful,
making naive people wise. ~ Psalm 19:7 (CEB)
God has hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge in Christ. ~ Colossians 2:3 (GW)
KEY IDEA:
Everything you need to become a wise and successful person can be found in Christ.
PRAYER:
Lord, we often complain about how little knowledge we have given the problems we face. Thank you for sending Christ Jesus, the living instruction book, into the world to shape and guide us. Yet, I look for life direction in every place but him. Refocus my gaze so that I'm reading Christ alone for directions on how to live well. I'm hoping that eventually I will become wise. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
