Bible Study Verse
I Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. (NIV)
 
Thoughts
Does God care that we have things to enjoy? Will He answer specific and personal requests? He can and He will! Because He is good, He gives us good things to experience. 
 
A good bird dog adds greatly to waterfowl or upland hunting experience. Several years ago I asked God for a bird dog. At that time I was sending two kids to a Christian School alone with the normal living expenses so it didn’t seem right to pay $500 to $1,000 for a good hunting dog. Then out of the blue God gave me Jet! A beautiful black English Lab. One day I got a call from my Taxidermist who for several years had been raising and selling English Labs. He was getting out of the business and ask me if I wanted one of the black labs he had that were six months old. YES, was the answer and a few weeks later I brought him home. Fulfilling my prayer for a bird dog God not only gave me a bird dog he gave me a companion and best friend. And what a gift he was! Jet never leaves my side. He hunts with me, he follows me every where I go, he sleeps by my bed every night and wakes me up in the morning. He lays in my office while I work. He knows my every move and habit. He is a leach to say the least but I love it. I asked for a bird dog, and my Heavenly Father gave me even more! 
 

Action Point
Give thanks to God for all things. Especially thank Him for the hunting experience. Thank Him for friends, equipment, places to hunt, the dogs, and the game itself. 

“For the wages of sin is death,  but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord,” Romans 6:23 (NIV)

If God is your Heavenly Father through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, He will give you things to enjoy. Be sure to ask Him! He can and will answer prayers specifically and personally. He will give these things because He loves you! 

“Every good and perfect gift is from above,  coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,  who does not change  like shifting shadows,” James 1:17 (NIV).
 
Sportsmen’s Tip of the Day
Take photos of the hunt and of the game harvested. Take time to appreciate the beauty of these wild animals – a rooster pheasant, a majestic whitetail deer, a gloriously colored wood duck, a bird dog testing the wind for a quail – are all gifts of a loving and good God given for us to appreciate and in which to take pleasure.