Day 418 Do What You Can

This morning I was exercising along with Faithful Workouts on the NRB Channel.  The leader kept saying, "If you can't do this, then just do what you can."    Some of the exercises were a little hard for me so I did what I could and when I couldn't do something, I just substituted a movement that I could do.

I was thinking then.... that is the same thing God asks of us.   If you can't spend hours in studying His word every day, that's okay.   Just do what you can.  Maybe it's only 15 minutes or maybe it's only a chapter a day, at least you're trying.  I think that once you are in the Word, there is so much to learn that you will quickly grow hungry for more and find time for more. 

What if you have difficulty finding long periods of time to spend in prayer and then waiting for an answer?  God wants us to do what we can.  One of the most profound words I ever had from Him was when I was in front of the computer, reading a message that had a scripture in it.  My Bible was on the table so I stopped to look up the scripture and when I reached the word "love" in the verse, God just flashed His message into my mind.  "Slow down and just love Me."   That didn't come after long prayer and meditation but in the midst of seeking Him in a quick and hurried way.  He knows what you can do and He loves you and blesses you for every effort you put forth to do more.

What about doing for others?  Few people have time for volunteering so what else can you do?  How about a special donation to support a group that does for others what you can't?  How about cleaning out your closet and donating those things you haven't worn for ages to someone that can use them now?   What about a garage sale to get rid of the junk in your garage and earmark those funds for God?  Or maybe donate an old piece of furniture to someone like Salvation Army that will put homeless people to work to rehab it for resale?

Just ask.  God is so good to respond.   If you can't do one thing for Him, you can surely do another.  If you ask, he'll provide the answer. 

Precious Lord, Jehovah Rapha,
Thank You for showing us what we can do when we're in the midst of can't do.  Show us what we can do for others and by doing for them, do more for You.
Lord, we thank You for the healing that is taking place now in those precious cancer fighters that we prayed for alst week.   Bryce celebrated his fifth birthday and is doing better every day with scans showing huge improvement.  Tony is finally able to eat, will have surgery this week to remove his appendix so he can restart chemo.  Sadie is doing better and our friend Lisa is in the midst of massive chemo treatments getting ready for stem cell implant.  Lord, we just ask that You continue to give them the stamina to fight off the enemy and to defeat this enemy so profoundly that it becomes nothing more than a distant memory.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, the one true Messiah.
Amen