Hi Brian!
The word for this week is "define". It's only found in one verse (Hebrews 4:6-7) in the Bible in two different translations.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience, 7 he again defineth a certain day, Today, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), Today if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts. American Standard Version
6 Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience, 7 he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you will hear his voice, Don't harden your hearts." World English Bible
This is the Greek word "horizo". Strong's Concordance says: to mark out or bound, to appoint, decree, specify. Thayer's Greek Lexicon adds: to mark out limits, to determine. The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament adds this from the same Word used in Acts 17:24-28: We find limitation of time in Hebrews 4:7 and of time and space in Acts 17:26-27.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath (determined) the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. KJV
And break my habit of hiding
And may Your promise define me
In my wandering
We may feel 'off' some days and may find ourselves busy, distracted, worn out or discouraged, but if we allow His Pomises, in the Word, to define who we are and what we can do, then we will ALWAYS be able to pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off and get at it again! Here is that song:
Love and Shalom from the Swovys!
