Have you ever found refreshment on a hot summer day in the shade of a large tree? Or perhaps you’ve been refreshed by an offer of cold water when thirsty or a comfortable chair when tired. After resting or drinking we felt invigorated and able to continue. If we “know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary” (Isaiah 50:44The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. (Isaiah 50:4)), we can refresh a person who is discouraged. There are often times in our lives when we can use encouragement in our circumstances. If we just listen to one who is passing through difficulty (Job 32:2020I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. (Job 32:20)), they are refreshed as they unburden their heart to you. The Bible says that a faithful messenger refreshes the soul of his masters (Proverbs 25:1313As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. (Proverbs 25:13)). Do you know that the Lord offers rest to the weary and says, “This is the refreshing: yet they would not hear” (Isaiah 28:1212To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. (Isaiah 28:12)). In spite of man’s stubborn rebellion, after God’s judgment “the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:1919Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; (Acts 3:19)). By the daily reading of God’s Word, we can find refreshment for our souls as we go through this world.
1. How did Onesiphorus refresh the Apostle Paul when he was in Rome?
2 Timothy 1:___
2. Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus refreshed the spirit of others. How did they do it? 1 Corinthians 16:___
3. If Paul did the will of God with joy, how would he be affected?
Romans 15:___
4. Because of the love that Philemon had for the saints, what did Paul say about him? Philemon ___
5. Who will be as the shadow of a great rock and as water in a dry place?
Isaiah 32:___