Thursday Reading: Matthew 5:1-12
Key Verse: Matthew 5:5
5 Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth.
Devotion:
If we are willing to listen to His will in our lives then He will bless us in ways that we just don’t realise. Sometimes we just don’t see how God has blessed us until someone else points it out! And I know God has blessed me in many more ways that I expected. The way that we approach God will dictate the way that He blesses us in our lives. God does not want someone with a haughty spirit because they will be the ones that take the glory for themselves rather than giving it to God. How can we take the glory when God is blessing us? Quite easily!
How many times have you turned round and said how good your life has been because of what you have done in your life? How many times have you concluded that it is what you have done that counted? Do you remember the lesson from a few days ago when remembered the parable of the rich man and his grain stores? If we are going to count everything because of our gain then we are being really foolish because we do not know what lies ahead. Don’t get me wrong because it is good to know that you have a pension plan in place and that you will be able to eat and survive until your grow old – just in case you do get to grow old... But how we go about fulfilling that plan is what counts for God.
We could go ahead and plan our lives around the really good paying jobs and in places where we know we will get good wages... or we could follow God’s will in our lives and work where He wants us to work and wait for the blessings that He wants to give us when He is ready to. If we don’t wait on God then are we not saying that we don’t need Him? There is nothing more important in our lives than a good, honest and stable relationship with Christ! Everything else must wait on Him because He will show us when the time is right. We may well still have to go forward in hard work to achieve the goal but we need to make sure that we do it with Him and not in spite of Him! To God be the Glory, great things He has done!
Points to Ponder:
How is your life?
Is it complete with Him?
