Check Your Spiritual Inventory...

It's a new week! We have new mercies, a clean slate, and an opportunity to take on a fresh outlook.

Right now my heart is with the people of Japan. The devastation is so tragic and overwhelming, I cannot fathom how they will even begin to recover. I have certainly been keeping them and their leaders in my prayers. With so many things still ongoing, we should all continue to lift up their country before the Lord.

It's so easy to see these disasters on television, feel a tug of emotion and just keep going. We may stop and say a prayer, we may donate to a relief organization, or we may find some other way to get actively involved. However, it's times like this where I take a look at my personal life.

In addition to looking at practical things (emergency kits,  contingency plans, etc.), I more importantly take inventory of my spiritual state. If an epic tragedy came through my part of the world, how would my spiritual life stack up?

If I were swept away today, would I be satisfied with how I lived my life for the Father? If everything was falling apart around me, do I have enough Word on the inside to sustain me through the heartache? Do I have an overflow of that Word to share with someone else who doesn't know Jesus?

It's so easy to disconnect from things when they are so far away. If you've been paying attention, however, tragedy is knocking on the doors of many nations, states, cities, and communities. There is no guarantee that  your door (or mine) will never be approached.

So take some time today to take stock of your spiritual state. Take on the initiative to get whatever needs to be remedied right before God. Spend some time in His Word and before His throne letting Him pour into your spirit. You never know when you'll need those insights to spring up for you to use.

We have every opportunity to prepare ourselves. Don't just shrug it off for tomorrow. You very well might need it today.

Verse of the Day: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8