Daily Devotional for Saturday June 2, 2018

When God Repeats Himself

(Romans 15:4)

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Father, please help me to be more like Jesus each day. Help me to be kind to others, to care about others, to share the hope of the Gospel with others. I love Jesus and my greatest desire is to be more like my Savior each day. In the name of Jesus I pray…AMEN!!!

When God repeats Himself. One of the things that you have to look for when you read the Bible, is when God repeats Himself. Repetition is one way God is saying to you, "THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!" Since God's Word is complete, it is within the context of His presentation to us via the Old and New Testaments, that we must study to know His will and plan for our lives. His way of EMPHASIZING a point is through repeating it in several different places in the Bible.

There are days when God leads me to write on a certain issue. Sometimes, it is an issue that I have previously written about and there is really little more to add. Due to the fact that each week we have thousands of new subscribers to the Daily Devotional, the Holy Spirit will sometimes lead me to repeat a Devotional from 9 months ago or longer.

The point that I want you to grasp today is this. Many times, I have read a verse of scripture before, and it said one thing to me. Then I will read it again on a different day, and based on how God is speaking to my heart, it will say something entirely different! It is the same thing with these Devotionals. Even though some readers may have seen a certain Devotional in the past, based on where you are at TODAY, it can speak to your heart in an entirely different way!

There are times when we read a verse of Scripture, and based on where our life is at that exact moment, it says one thing to us. However, if we read that VERY SAME verse 4 months later, depending on where we are at THAT VERY DAY, it may say something entirely new us.

Since it is God through the Holy Spirit, and NOT Bill Keller writing of these Devotionals each morning, what you read today may have a VERY DIFFERENT meaning to you 9 months from now...reading the VERY SAME WORDS!!! So don't ever take each days Devotional for granted, even if you have read it before!

I love you and care about you so much. One of my desires is that you receive ALL that you can possibly from God for your life each day. One way is through His precious Word. Another is through those resources God has placed in your life like this Devotional to encourage you in your day to day journey.

The thing that most fail to comprehend is that God's Word is a LIVING WORD. IT IS ALIVE! It literally lives in your heart and soul. That is why you read a passage of Scripture one day, and a week later, read the very same passage and is speaks to you differently. What you may not pay attention to one day, is the most meaningful verse the next. That is because His Word is ALIVE.

I spend hours each day in prayer, talking to and trying to hear from God. Every morning after my time in the Word and prayer is when I write these Devotionals. I honestly believe that when I am typing, it is not me, but the Holy Spirit that is speaking through me to you. I honestly read a Devotional I wrote 2-3 days later, and often think, "this is good stuff." The Holy Spirit will respond, "yes, because I WROTE IT!"

So know that God can speak directly to your heart, to your life, to your circumstances through these words each day. One way He gets His point across to us, especially those like me with extra thick skulls, is by repetition. God repeats this in His Word ON PURPOSE. Often, God may have you read a Devotional that you saw 6 months ago. Remember, it is NO ACCIDENT. There is a reason for it. God will repeat Himself so that you take notice that THIS is important.

May He richly bless you today, and my prayer is that each and every day you will have a hunger for the Word of God. I pray that you will not only have a hunger for the Word of God, but for all that God puts in your life each day, like this Devotional, to give you hope, to encourage you, and guide you to be all that He has called you to be. Pay attention when God repeats Himself!

In His love and service, Your friend, brother, and co-laborer in His work, Bill Keller