It’s April which means it’s time for a new memory verse for the month. And, yes, I know once again I am a few days late in getting this post done. I somehow feel as if someone has sped up time in my life, and I just never seem to have enough.
Ok, on to this month’s memory verse. I had stated in January that my word for the year was steadfast. Steadfast love to be exact, and it still is. But recently God has added another word to be a theme for my year. Wisdom. The word is used about 235 times in roughly 222 verses. That’s not counting words associated with wisdom like “wise”. It isn’t the most used word in the Bible, but it is in there a lot.
Allow me to explain how wisdom became a word for me. I have 3 teenagers. Who are awesome kids. But they are kids, and they do, on occasion, do things that are not wise. They have been known to act without using wisdom. So I began to pray that they would gain wisdom. Not just wisdom like in school (I do pray that, too) but Godly wisdom. That they would make wise choices; that when they talk with their peers, their words would be filled with wisdom from the Lord. I began to ask the Lord to help me have wisdom in how I parent these 3 teens. Through these prayers, it was like the word wisdom seemed to become highlighted in my Bible reading. Then one day, I came across an interesting, somewhat odd, and very cool verse about wisdom.
Daniel 12:3 says, “And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above, and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.” Bam, it hit me! That is what I want for my kids, for me, for my husband, for all of us. I want my kids to shine in their high school with the light of Jesus. I want them to be filled with so much Godly wisdom that when a friend is in trouble or in need of help, they have the wisdom of the Lord in what to do or say. I want me & my kids to help turn other kids towards righteousness. I want that for myself, don’t you?
If I and my family could become this verse in the lives we live, it would change so many things. It would have such an impact in our spheres of influence.
So for April, and maybe longer, I am praying this over us. That we would have wisdom from God that would shine in a world full of darkness like a beacon of hope for those lost at sea. That God through our words would turn us towards righteousness and also those around us. That the dark scary parts of our world would be filled with shining stars of heavenly wisdom, and twinkly with righteousness, too.
Will you join me this month in memorizing this verse and praying it over yourself? Would you become a bright shining star for Jesus in your world? Will you bring light to the darkness and righteousness to those who need it?
I can’t wait to hear how God uses wisdom in your life to brighten lives around you.
Click here for April’s memory verse.
