Thursday Reading: Hebrews 10:32-36
Key Verse: Hebrews 10:36
36 For you have need of patience, so that after you have done the will of God you might receive the promise.
Devotion:
You may look back over the last few days and think about what you have had to put up with from others, or you may look back even further, but you will still see how you have put up with what others do to you and around you. That is the spirit of a Christian. We accept that we do live in a world where we do not have control over others and the way that they choose to live or act. We accept that others are different. But none of this should take us away from the knowledge that we serve a risen Saviour, Jesus Christ.
We can be sure in the knowledge that everything that has come our way has had a purpose for something that lies ahead of us. We can be sure that God has allowed us to be exposed to things that we cannot understand or things that change our lives completely. He allows things through our lives so that we can become stronger in Him and even when we are faced with afflictions that we think we cannot cope with, He is with us and shows us how He is willing and able to carry us through.
Our Christian spirits are not selfish but pitying and loving. We may not think so at the time but when others see how we think of others rather than ourselves they will see a glimmer of how much God cares for us – and it is only that, a glimmer... His love and concern for us knows no bounds and we will learn that one day when we eventually make it to heaven; thereafter we will always be with Him and understand just how much He loves each one of us. Until that time, He has given each of us time on earth so that we can show others that we care and that someone else cares even more than we do!
We may find great joy and happiness in our lives now after we see how much Christ cares for us, but our true happiness is yet to come when He fulfils His personal promise to each one of us. We still have things to get through, but we know what lies ahead.
Points to Ponder:
Do you show your Christian attitude to others?
Do you acknowledge Christ’s love?
