Monday Reading: Psalm 106:34-36
Key Verse: Psalm 106:36
36 And they served their idols, which were a snare to them.
Devotion:
How many times have you gone somewhere thinking that you were stronger than the people around you in that you thought that you could stand up to the temptations that came your way? How many of those times did you end up falling flat on your face? No matter how strong we think we are and no matter how much we think we will be able to withstand temptations we will always find out the hard way that we fall short and that we give in at some stage; that is why we need Christ’s strength, because without Him we are weak.
We can read through our bibles which give full account of what the Children of Israel went through after they left Egypt and we can even begin to think that we would have been stronger in their place because we have a better knowledge of what God did for them. Not so. They were the ones who were there at the time and they were the ones who walked through the parted sea! And yet their strength that they gained from events like those was still not strong enough to resist the temptations that surrounded them – and Satan made sure that they were surrounded by enough of them at the time!
When God instils within us a task that we must do, we have no place to even think that we should be doing anything other than the job He has given us. He is the one that does know what is best for us and He is the one that is trying to get us to move forward with Him and do His work in our lives. We are the ones that look around us all the time and think that we can overcome the molehills that surround us! God is the one who flattens the mountains around us, never mind the molehills! We need to stand firm in His arms knowing that His will in our lives is what is important. Yes He is going to listen to our pleas but don’t expect Him to grant them if you are pleading against His will! Our lives need to be lived to glorify Him and not to try and fight Him. Be strong in Christ and don’t try to live a life alone without Him!
Points to Ponder:
Who do you look to for strength?
Are you really relying on Christ?
