Thursday Reading: Luke 15:1-7
Key Verse: Luke 15:7
7 I say to you that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
Devotion:
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you did get lazy and stopped doing all the things that make you look like a Christian? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to just go back to life like it was before you knew God? Well what would you do if you have a pet and one day that pet just decided to run away? Or what would you do if you decided to run away from home?
When we do stray from God we are suddenly open to so many more temptations and dangers. We may find that we enjoy the things that we do for a while until we suddenly realise what we have just done. If we run away from God He will look out for us and try to persuade us to come back. He will not force us to return but He may well allow us to be very uncomfortable with our new destination.
Each one of us has a destiny to meet with Christ and He wants each one of us to be able to come back to Him as a friend and not to have to meet Him for the first time when it is too late. None of us is going to have a perfect life because we always give in to temptations. None of us is going to always be by God’s side because we all do stray. But each time one of us does realise that we have gone astray and come back we now know that Heaven rejoices! Just as we would be happy to come back home after running away or happy to have our pet return, those in Heaven rejoice at the fact that we have realised our mistakes and returned with open hearts.
We may think that we are just one tiny speck in the whole planet but when that tiny spec turns to face God everyone in Heaven notices! We are something! We are important to God! Never forget that!
Points to Ponder:
How many people know you?
Do you realise God knows you?
