Thought For Today: “Need Hope, Personalize God’s Word”

Are you feeling down and discouraged? Need some hope?

Take the Bible and personalize it. God’s word, the Bible is God’s love letter to each one of us. So instead of reading it in some detached way that doesn’t relate, attach yourself to the word by putting your name and situation into what the Lord is saying.

The writer of Hebrews says, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

Therefore, when we read and meditate upon God’s word, change the language into first person and make it God’s message to you.

The Apostle Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). If Paul can be strengthened in what he was going through, so can we. Therefore, say, “I can handle and live through this (betrayal, sickness, situation) because Jesus gives me the strength to go through it.

Let hope flow through God’s word to you, as you make it His word for your life.