Friday Reading: Psalm 24:1-6
Key Verse: Psalm 24:5
5 He shall receive the blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Key Verse: Psalm 24:5
5 He shall receive the blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Devotion:
One thing about us is that we strive to find something better. We cannot just sit around and accept our life and do nothing more. We want to know what is going to happen to us after our physical life is over. None of us can truly accept that there is nothing more after death... Ever wondered why? Because God gave us brains that could think about it. He gave us the ability to think about Him and to seek out the truth.
One thing about us is that we strive to find something better. We cannot just sit around and accept our life and do nothing more. We want to know what is going to happen to us after our physical life is over. None of us can truly accept that there is nothing more after death... Ever wondered why? Because God gave us brains that could think about it. He gave us the ability to think about Him and to seek out the truth.
No matter how much we are able to squeeze into our physical lives, we still yearn for something else, we still seek after the non-physical, the spiritual. We have the ability to consider our whole life and we will always be wanting, we will always find things we could have done and we will always think of the things we could do if we could just live a bit longer. Before long we will start to ask ourselves, how can I live forever... Then we may find out about God and ask further, how can I get to heaven... We may then approach religion in its various forms and still be wanting, still think that there is more to it.
It is only when we put our whole heart into a relationship with God that we begin to feel the satisfaction that we seek. It is only after we realise just what Christ has done for us by shedding His blood on the cross that we begin to realise how perfect a situation we can be in. His has done the perfect thing to enable us to come to Him, find out the truth and then live with Him forever. We can find what our hearts and souls seek. We can live out a life that will be fulfilling. We may still look back on our lives and think of how we could have done it better – but we can look forward and know that we are heading for the perfect place. If we want to fill that gap in our spiritual lives, we need to find the only plug that will fit it, and that is a life with God.
Points to Ponder:
When do you feel most alone?
When do you call out to God?
When do you feel most alone?
When do you call out to God?