Prepare yourselves...
and prepare the lambs for your...
The service was arranged...
After this, they made preparations for themselves...
their fellow Levites made the preparations for them...
So at that time the entire service of the Lord was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had ordered.
From 2 Chronicles 35 NIV
Today, in 2 Chronicles 35, we read of Josiah proclaiming a celebration of the Passover and the events that preceded that celebration.
To prepare Webster defines is to: put in a proper condition or readiness; to get ready for eating, as in prepare a meal; to manufacture, compound or compose as in prepare a cough syrup; to put oneself or things into readiness; get ready as in prepare for war. Synonyms include: provide, arrange, order; imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible.
Preparation is often a planning process that occurs over time, a sequence of events that when effected help to ensure success. Planning and preparation go into large relationships, like planning for international relations; and also into small relations like planning for a day with grandchildren.
Webster, in his entry on preparation does qualify preparation to something thought possible.
With our awesome, incomparable, omnipresent, omnipotent Lord, the impossible is possible. Our Lord is a Lord of order and wants order in your life. With the Spirit's guidance, we should also prepare ourselves for worship and also prepare a place in our daily life for our Lord.
It has been said that failing to plan is planning to fail.
What kinds of things do you do to prepare yourself for your day?
What kind of preparation do you do for worship?
How do you ask the Spirit to guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus?
Pray for the Spirit to guide you in your preparations.
In Christ,
David P
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