Friday Reading: Psalm 138:6-8
Key Verse: Psalm 138:8
8 The LORD will perfect His work in me; Your mercy, O Jehovah, endures forever; do not forsake the work of Your own hands.
8 The LORD will perfect His work in me; Your mercy, O Jehovah, endures forever; do not forsake the work of Your own hands.
Devotion:
One of the most wonderful things about our God is that He thinks of the little people! There are so many religions that would have you to believe that you have to be a giant in society before you can feel their gods presence or that you have to work so hard at things before you can know that their gods will be watching. Our God continues to watch over each one of us that wish to have Him close to us. If we turn our backs on Him and walk away, He waits patiently for us to return.
One of the most wonderful things about our God is that He thinks of the little people! There are so many religions that would have you to believe that you have to be a giant in society before you can feel their gods presence or that you have to work so hard at things before you can know that their gods will be watching. Our God continues to watch over each one of us that wish to have Him close to us. If we turn our backs on Him and walk away, He waits patiently for us to return.
When we find ourselves walking through tough times, He is the one that is willing to lead us through those times. When we find the going tough, He is tough enough to ease our path… so long as we are willing to depend on Him. When we find things getting us down too much and can’t see the wood from the trees, He is the one that reminds us of the life that is around us. When we are up against others who seek to put Him down, He is the strength that can keep us going to make sure that He will continue to get the glory only He deserves. He will continue to fight for us as well as carry us through because He is the only one capable of doing it all!
God is the one that will help us to show others that He is our God. He is the one that can use all of us to His glory. He could use the unbeliever for His glory but instead He chooses us. We are the ones that He wants to be examples for Him. We are the ones He wants to strengthen and guide. It is amazing just how much mercy He does display when you consider the amount of things that we have done wrong or against Him in the past that He has forgiven. We look back in history and wonder at the mercy He continues to display for all of us. Let us never confuse what God continues to do for us and what we think we can do for ourselves. It is He that is able; it must be us that are willing.
Points to Ponder:
Do you find it hard upholding Christ?
How much do you really depend on Him?
Do you find it hard upholding Christ?
How much do you really depend on Him?