Saturday Reading: Psalm 4:6-8
Key Verse: Psalm 4:8
8 I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Devotion:
We all go out with the outlook of being able to find good things and good people but most of the time we return in the knowledge that what we have found is just more people, people who are sinners, just like all the others we know, just like us. That is when you begin to realise just how much God has to put up with each and every day. We then start to search for good things and search in all manner of ways and in all areas once again coming up short because we do not find that good – that is until we seek out God and His ways.
Nothings will ever match God’s ways and God’s goodness towards us. Nothing will ever match the love that God has for us and nothing can prepare us for the realisation when we first realise how much God loves us. We can get so discouraged by what happens to other people or what happens to us that we often forget just who is in charge of this earth. We get so side tracked by the things around us that we forget that God is still in charge. He is the goodness behind everything and He alone will always show you the best. If we are seeking peace and rest then we will not find it in anything other than in God’s hands.
Sometimes we think that He does not answer us in time. Sometimes we are just in too much of a rush to get things done and we go ahead without God breaking things whilst He is trying to fix them. No matter how much we gain on earth we will never gain lasting happiness until we find God or more to the point until we accept Him into our lives because He has already found us. Nothing on earth will ever replace the love of God. With that in mind we need to remember that we should never seek to replace God with anything because nothing and nobody can replace Him. God is our strength and our future – the only future worth seeking.
Points to Ponder:
What do you seek in life?
Are you happy with God?
