BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

at heart. Even when things seem to move more slowly than you want them to, trust God to deliver every blessing He has promised and fulfi ll every righteous desire He has put in your heart. And trust Him to do it right on time. Continually keep in mind the instructions God gave us in Hebrews 6:11-15 and see to it that: ...you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise (NKJV). When the good things you're expecting from God seem slow in coming and you begin to get anxious and in a hurry—slow down. Remind yourself of these verses and remember that the Bible says, through Jesus, you have inherited the very same blessing that Abraham received (Galatians 3:14). God has said to you, just as surely as He said to the patriarch, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." He has sworn to prosper you in every area of life—spirit, soul and body. But to fully receive those blessings, you must do the same thing Abraham did. You must patiently endure. You can only do that if you have entered what the Bible refers to as the rest that belongs to those who live by faith. We Can Rest In Him We enter into God's rest by drawing near to Him, by dwelling, as Psalm 91 says, in the secret place of the Most High and abiding under the shadow of the Almighty. We do it by maintaining a continuous living connection with the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit. When we give in to impatience and anxiety, or rush ahead of God, trying to carry out His plan in our own, natural strength, that divine connection is interrupted. We get sidetracked and the power and life-fl ow that gives us the divine ability to do what God has called us to do begins to diminish. When that happens, no matter how much human energy we expend trying to move ourselves on down the road of God's Master Plan, nothing happens. We fi nd ourselves revving our engines B V O V : 2 1 and spinning our wheels…going nowhere fast! That's why Jesus so clearly told us to dwell and abide continually in Him. "Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine," He said, "neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me " (John 15:4, AMPC). I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut o from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-o ] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fi re, and they are burned. If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorifi ed, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine. I have loved you, [ just] as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love [continue in His love with Me]. If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructions], you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father's commandments and live on in His love. I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overfl owing (verses 5-11, AMPC). I'm convinced that if we'll abide in Jesus and continually remind ourselves He is abiding in us, we can live every day in the rest of God. If we feed If we get impatient and try to force things to happen more quickly than God intended, the thing we thought we wanted can become a snare and a burden to us. JUNE READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Sun 1 Ps. 69-70; Prov. 14:15-35 Mon 2 2 Sam. 9-11 Acts 20 Tue 3 2 Sam. 12:1-13:33 Acts 21 Wed 4 2 Sam. 13:34-15:23 Acts 22 Thu 5 2 Sam. 15:24-17:29 Acts 23 Fri 6 2 Sam. 18:1-19:30 Acts 24 Sat 7 2 Sam. 19:31-21:22 Sun 8 Ps. 71-72; Prov. 15:1-15 Mon 9 2 Sam. 22:1-23:7 Acts 25 Tue 10 2 Sam. 23:8-24:25 Acts 26 Wed 11 1 Kgs. 1:1-2:9 Acts 27 Thu 12 1 Kgs. 2:10-3:28 Acts 28 Fri 13 1 Kgs. 4:1-6:10 Rom. 1 Sat 14 1 Kgs. 6:11-7:39 Sun 15 Ps. 73-74; Prov. 15:16-33 Mon 16 1 Kgs. 7:40-8:53 Rom. 2 Tue 17 1 Kgs. 8:54-10:23 Rom. 3 Wed 18 1 Kgs. 10:24-12:15 Rom. 4 Thu 19 1 Kgs. 12:16-13:34 Rom. 5 Fri 20 1 Kgs. 14-15 Rom. 6 Sat 21 1 Kgs. 16:1-18:6 Sun 22 Ps. 75-77; Prov. 16:1-17 Mon 23 1 Kgs. 18:7-19:21 Rom. 7 Tue 24 1 Kgs. 20:1-21:16 Rom. 8 Wed 25 1 Kgs. 21:17-22:53 Rom. 9 Thu 26 2 Kgs. 1-3 Rom. 10 Fri 27 2 Kgs. 4:1-5:19 Rom. 11 Sat 28 2 Kgs. 5:20-7:20 Sun 29 Ps. 78; Prov. 16:18-33 Mon 30 2 Kgs. 8-9 Rom. 12 Old Testament NEW Testament

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