Devotion:
We only have to take a look around us to see just how much God has created for us, has given us, and continues to bless us with. Yes, we do break a lot of it and we do do things wrong, but we must never forget just who supplied everything in the beginning. We like to think that we have created, invented and done so much, but in reality if we were to compare it with the single task of creating a man, we have got a long long way to go! That is why we need to rejoice and be glad for all that God has done for us.
We only have to take a look around us to see just how much God has created for us, has given us, and continues to bless us with. Yes, we do break a lot of it and we do do things wrong, but we must never forget just who supplied everything in the beginning. We like to think that we have created, invented and done so much, but in reality if we were to compare it with the single task of creating a man, we have got a long long way to go! That is why we need to rejoice and be glad for all that God has done for us.
Whilst we may well rejoice in our creature comforts, praying is as essential too. Without us continuing in prayer to God, we would not be thanking Him for our comforts. How else do we thank Him if not through prayer? When we walk in God’s will, we will see the comforts and the blessings that He continues to give us. When we walk by ourselves, we tend to think that we are the ones in control and think that we have done so much for ourselves… How wrong can we be? With God by our sides, the Holy Spirit within us, do we dare to think that we are in control? We need to remember that God is in control and that He has made sure that the Holy Spirit continues to guide us every minutes of every day – whether we listen or not is what we do…
We need to remember to thank Him, praise Him and rejoice in everything that comes our way. We do not know what lies ahead and He is the one preparing the way for us. If we are going through trials it is because God has allowed that to happen; we cannot see just how trials can help us but He can. Maybe He is allowing something in our lives so that someone else will see Him through what we do. People will certainly see evil through us if we do evil and so they will see good through us when we do good. If we can show people that we are relying on God all of the time, then we have shown them a bit more of God through us. Rejoice and be glad for He knows our ways!
Points to Ponder:
How do you go about impressing people?
Christ wants us to be our true Christian selves?
How do you go about impressing people?
Christ wants us to be our true Christian selves?