Monday 28 Sep 2009

Monday Reading: Psalm 147:7-11
 
Key Verse: Psalm 147:11
11  Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, who hope in His mercy.
 
Devotion:
How many times over the past few weeks have you looked out at the wonderful world that we live in and thought “how can this be by chance?” When we look at the complexity of our natural world and the rate at which we seem to be able to break everything in our sight, it is a wonder that we do still have a wonderful planet to live on. If you were able to give someone a house to live in and they treated it with no respect at all, would you want them to continue living there or would you want them to move out? God continues to give us everything despite all that we do. What Love!

The diversity of the world is not the only wonder but even the things we take for granted like rain, day and night and even the air that we breathe. None of this is by chance – God created it all for us! The tiniest of birds are able to fly and eat amazing things and in wonderful ways. The largest of birds cannot fly. All these things make us marvel at creation. Yet we still get stuck up in our own creations before we marvel at God’s creation. We measure our success by the cars and houses we have; we measure our success by the size of our bank balances. What are they when compared with the miracle of birth?

We need to focus on what is important in our lives and give up lusting after the worldly things that continue to trap us now. We need to make people aware of Christ’s love through showing others how much God has done and continues to do for us all every day. He will not kick everyone off the planet because there are some of us that do show our love and respect back to Him. But He continues to warn us that there is coming a time when He will say that enough is enough and people will have to learn the truth the hard way. Be on His right side before that happens!

Points to Ponder:
What do you see as amazing?

Do you know how complex God is?