We are off and running into 2011. We anticipate a great year of digging deeper into the very Word of God. I heard this quote last week, "make it a practice to breathe in what God has breathed out, inhale what God has exhaled" 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." Does that capture your heart today? Do you embrace how vital being in, meditating on, and memorizing God's Word is to your well-being, peace, joy and obedience? Dive in with me and let's dig deeper into the book of James. By the end of 2011 we will have systematically meditated on the book of James. If you memorize as we go you will have memorized the entire book by the end of the year. Join me won't you?
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Commentary:
"Greeting. Jesus chose 12 disciples to signify the twelve tribes and thus to identify the church as the new Israel...James reminds these Jewish Christians of their spiritual heritage as the people of God, gathered by Jesus the Messiah. In the Dispersion. The tribes of Israel were scattered throughout the world by the Assyrians and Babylonians. They looked forward to being regathered as a people (Jer. 31:7-14; Ezek. 37: 15-28). James implies that the true Israel is now also dispersed (away from its heavenly homeland) and oppressed, but assured of their final gathering to the Lord." [ESV Study Bible notes pg 2391]
Diane Hunt is the Director of Addiction Recovery and Development at America's KESWICK. In addition to her Keswick responsibilities which keep her busy, she loves to read, write and teach, travel and laugh with her grandchildren. Diane has been married to her husband John over 25 years. She has 2 children, 3 grandchildren, 3 step-children, and 7 step-grandchildren.
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