June 15

1 Kings 14:1-15:24, Acts 10:1-23, Psalm 133:1-3, Proverbs 17:7-8 

Pray: Pray today for peace and discernment in our chaotic world. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you today how you can be an instrument of peace and tranquility when there seems to be none.

 

Read: The psalmist writes about the wonder and beauty when people live together in peace and harmony. These words here ring true, harmony is precious and something that should be sought after and cherished.  

 

Edify: When I was growing up, my twin brother and I would constantly be at one another’s throats. We didn’t dislike one another; we simply liked getting on the other's nerves. It would drive my parents crazy and every once in a while we would find ourselves in the midst of some form of an altercation… verbal or physical… usually verbal because we were both big boys. It was not until we were no longer in the same home every night that we realized how much we appreciated each other. I wonder what life would have been like for both of our parents and us… if we had learned this lesson earlier in our teen years. It is within this harmony that the psalmist tells us that the Lord pours out His blessings. 

 

Practice: Where is there chaos that you need to wrestle with so that you can enjoy the blessings of harmony? Sometimes the best thing that we can do is to face it head on and deal with it. Seek today to minimize your chaos and maximize your harmony.