Soak in your S.O.A.P.

It's been a month since my last post and I want to give you all something to read on my blog but the way my life is set up right now, boy oh boy!  So, for the next few weeks I will be posting my daily SOAP from the Life Journal reading plan until I finish the post that I've been working on. If you have a smart phone and have the You Version Bible app, you should be able to browse plans and find it there. 

The way to SOAP is you can pick a passage from your daily reading and ask God to show you something you can apply everyday.  You jot down the Scripture, what your Observation is, how you can Apply this passage to your life, and what your Prayer is to make that application happen. God has given each and everyone of us the ability and capacity to read His Word and if we make our hearts available to Him, He will use His Word to speak to us. To soak means to become saturated or permeated (www.dictionary.com).  Will you allow Him to soak you with His SOAP daily? 

Below is today's SOAP.  I pray that you are blessed by it! Please feel free to join me and send me your SOAPs to the myheart4yoursleeve@gmail.com email. I would love to read them. 

Endless Diligence

Scripture
"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised." Hebrews 6:10-12

Observation

Throughout the beginning of this chapter, there is a clear warning to those who have been enlightened by God and those that have tasted the goodness of God's Word and have chosen to fall away from the truth. The author is encouraging those in the faith to not get weary in doing God's work and that if we are persistent enough, we will get what He has promised us. 

Application

It seems that discouragement is directly linked to the lack of acknowledgement of others in what we do. This verse is clear in its directive. God does not forget.  Helping others is a direct way of showing God that you love Him. If we remain diligent in what we do to show God that we love Him, our promises will be fulfilled in Him. Warning: Allowing laziness to enter our lives will hinder our faith and our patience, both gradually decreasing. 

Prayer

Lord, show us the areas in our lives where we have become lazy or complacent. Make us aware that this laziness will cause us to lose patience and faith as we wait on you for your promises in our lives. Help us look to you for our reward and not to the acknowledgement of men.  In your precious name, Amen.