A Ready Scribe

  There is something to be said about being ready for the task you have been called to do. Rather than waiting for the last minute to prepare for something, you should plan and prepare well ahead of time.

  This is something that Ezra did.

Ezra 7:6 – “This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.”

  Ezra was a scribe who was ready to explain and teach the Law of Moses to his people at a moment’s notice, in one of their more difficult times in history.

  Moses was a man who was a firm believer in being prepared as well. He wrote the following in the Psalms:

Psalm 90:12 – “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”

  Is it any wonder that he is considered one of the greatest leaders to the nation of Israel in all of history?

  The Bible admonishes us to always be prepared to give an answer about our faith.

I Peter 3:15 – “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:”

  Those who put things off in their preparation will never be able to put forth their best effort. You may get by and accomplish some things. You may get away with it for a while, but you will never be able to perform to your full potential.

  May I challenge you to be a ready scribe? To prepare to do that which God has called you to do with all your effort. Plan, study, and motivate yourself to not do everything the last minute.

  “Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” – Jim Elliot

  Your motivation, planning, and studying will reap greater benefits in the end. It will also eliminate those moments where you are left holding the paddle and have no idea what to do.