Monday Reading: Acts 17:22-31
Key Verse: Acts 17:29
29 Then being offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and man's imagination.
Devotion:
If someone were to ask you what was the most precious thing that you had, what would you answer? Most of us would immediately relate precious to things of gold and silver; some would relate precious to item linked to the family and others would relate precious to someone. Our standards by which we judge things to be worthy or worthless are all in relation to the things that we know and the things that others around us lift up as worthy or worthless – that is why most of us will relate preciousness to gold and silver.
The Greeks had many gods whom them worshipped and even one marked up as the unknown god. Paul ceased on this opportunity to tell them of God and Jesus Christ in the hopes that they would get to see how they had been lifting up prayers to gods who cannot listen and to realise that there is only one God. The Greeks had a god for just about any occasion and what Paul was trying to get them to see was that God is the one that has ordained the universe and not innumerable gods rushing round doing things. God is the one who is in control of everything and He alone is the one that deserves the glory for all that has been done.
We must also remember not to set limits on God because He is all powerful, all seeing, all knowing and without limit. We must not try to put God in a box where we can then try to worship Him. We must not limit God because our minds cannot comprehend the awesome power and might of God almighty. When we think of precious things, we immediately place them in a limited surrounding so that they can look better than the things around them. God does not have to be compared with anything nor anyone. We need to lift Him up above all else and glorify Him as our one and only true God.
Points to Ponder:
What do you deem to be precious?
Are you placing limits on God?
