Friday Reading: Psalm 5:11-12
Key Verse: Psalm 5:12
12 For You; O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favour You will surround him as with a shield.
Devotion:
No matter what lies ahead of us now and no matter what we can read about that will happen in the Tribulation period we can be sure of one thing, Christ will always stand by anyone who calls on His name to be saved. Anyone who is willing to admit that Christ has died and taken on their sin debt that they should pay and to ask for His forgiveness will be forgiven.
Some may think of Christians as living a life without problems and without sin but that is far from the truth. We as Christians do still sin and we do still get things wrong. But the amazing thing is that Christ is still willing to forgive and to forget those sins if we are willing to admit to them. When we beg for His mercy and His protection, He will answer our prayers; it may not be in exactly the way that we were thinking about it, but Christ is faithful to answer then nonetheless. We can be sure that Christ will guide us and will continue to try to get us to live the best life we can for Him so that He will get the glory and honour. And for that He can and does in many cases give us honour and glory above others – but we must never let that go to our heads!
God wants us to live a life that will be an example to others and that will allow others to see Him through us. If we are not doing that then are we doing our best for Him? We should not expect Him to do His best for us if we are not willing to do our best for Him. But the amazing thing is that His love far outweighs ours sinful ways; even though we continue to sin, He continues to support and protect us because of His amazing love for us. We certainly do not deserve that love, but that is the way that He has chosen to show us His love. Let us then surprise others in a similar way by showing them a part of His love through what we can do. It is what God wants of us!
Points to Ponder:
How do you lead your life?
Do you see God’s rich blessings?
