Would you love to be prepared and equipped for the opportunities and obstacles that come your way? 

How about being inspired by God in a way that makes you feel as if you have soul fuel to press on? Sounds good to me! 

My mom is queen of preparations. Case in point: she must have thought I was going to Outer Mongolia with the way she packed for my freshman year in college. We filled a storage trunk with stockpiles of toiletries and cleaning supplies. A decade after graduating from college, I was still hauling around items from that trunk, which my husband teasingly referred to as the traveling pharmacy.

We might laugh about it now, but the reality is, I’m still bent toward being overly prepared. I’ll buy two of a grocery item, “just in case we run out.” I’ll have snacks in every bag, “just in case I get hungry.” Can you relate? 

Yet I’ve lived long enough to know that being prepared with a storehouse of stuff doesn’t compare to having a heart and mind prepared and equipped by God through His Word.