Friday Reading: Psalm 39:11
Key Verse: Psalm 39:11
11 You correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, and you make his desires vanish away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Devotion:
The more that we think about God and all that He is able to do the more insignificant we begin to realise that we are. But the more that we realise that the more we have to think about why Christ willingly laid down His life for us. Why would such an awesome and incredible God lay down His life just for little old insignificant me? That is the enormity of His love for us!
But love is not going to be a bed of roses because with love comes correction. Christ will make sure that when we do do things wrong we will get to know that we are doing things wrong and He will encourage us to get those things right again. This may well be in the form of a rebuke or even something we think is just going wrong – but when we step back and look at what has happened we see why He has allowed things to happen to us. Those are the time we need to remember just how much God loves us because He is doing this so that we can correct ourselves before we fall deep in a pit that we may not be able to get out of. He will often do that when we have got the people around us that we love the most so that we can always find comfort...
When we have desires and wants that He thinks are not right for us then He is the one who will steer us away from those desires and wants. He is the one who will show us where we should be headed instead of us running blind and hoping for the best. He is the one who is constantly trying to talk to us and we are the ones who need to listen to Him. When we compare our world with what God wants in our world we see a whole different picture. When we begin to realise just what He wants of us then we need to move towards that goal because the longer we put it off the longer He will send things our way to try and remind us of what we should be doing. God is not bound by time so He will never give up!
Points to Ponder:
What do you want to do with your future?
What does God want you to do?
