Friday Reading: 1 John 2:3-7
Key Verse: 1 John 2:7
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Devotion:
When we find a method or recipe that works we will try to remember that or keep it so that we can use it again. When we find the truth, again we will try to keep it and use it again in the future when we may need it. There are many things that we do nowadays that are based on things that man learned a very long time ago and they are still used because they work. Yes man has now got machine to do all manner of things, but if those machine should break the old ways would have to be used or nothing would be done!
The thing that we must remember is not that we have new and better ways of doing things nowadays but that those ways are built on sound principals that have stood the test of time year after year. People do find better ways of doing things, faster ways of doing them and sometimes come up with new ways as well; but they are all based on knowledge that has been passed down generation through generation.
We have some pretty marvellous ways of doing things now; these Bread by Faith devotions have been sent out for over 5 years now through many computers talking to each other – something man would not have dreamed of a few hundred years ago. I can search through God’s Word in a few seconds with my computer knowing that it would have taken someone many days or months a short time ago. God’s Word has not changed for thousands of years; its presentation to us certainly has, but the content has not! God’s commandments have stood for even longer than our bibles because they were passed on by word of mouth before we had our bibles. If we do believe that He is our God then surely we must show Him by continuing to uphold His commandments as best we can not because they are written in stone but because we want to show Him our love and respect...
Points to Ponder:
How do you read God’s Word?
Are you obeying God’s Word?
