Tuesday Reading: Hebrews 3:1-4
Key Verse: Hebrews 3:4
4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
Devotion:
No matter how hard each one of us try, we will always do something wrong. It’s not because we want to or because we have to but simply because we are not perfect! We like to try and uphold God’s Law but we always fall short of the mark. We like to think that we are very good at what we can do and when compared with others we may well be the best in our field, but to think that we are perfect is just not on. Moses made his mistakes, and yet he is looked at as a true man of God who led the Hebrews out of Egypt, out of slavery and into God’s hands. King David had his faults and yet is also proclaimed as a man of God in our bibles. It’s not because they were perfect but because they tried! We may not all succeed at what we do, but we can all try to succeed. God is looking for a willing heart, not a perfect heart!
We can look at it in a similar manner to the Apostle here and see that we may well be able to run a house or a family or even both, but we would probably fall far short of running a country... never mind the world! Christ came to show how important the church is, not because He needs us to help with the upkeep but because He wants us to join Him. He has already built the church because He is the Master builder. He does not need us to keep the repairs going because He is the one who does that. We are more like tenants and need to go to Him for all our needs. We would be (figuratively speaking) out in the streets if it were not for Him.
We need to remember that Jesus Christ is part of the Trinity; He is God. We need to remember that He created everything; we seem to be adept at breaking everything. We need to remember that He is in control; we seem to be good at causing chaos in His world. We may think we do a good job, but there is only One Living God and we need to worship Him.
Points to Ponder:
What are you best at?
How much has God done for you?
