Friday Reading: 1 Peter 2:13-17
Key Verse: 1 Peter 2:15
15 For such is the will of God, doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men;
Devotion:
When you are asked if you should follow the law of the land, what is your answer? Is it that you would not follow the law of the land but rather follow God’s laws? Well, just maybe you have not read your bible properly! God teaches us that we do need to follow the law of the land despite what we may think. Yes, if the law of the land is that we work against God then we have a problem because we have to follow God first of all; but keeping within the local law is a big part of being a Christian. If we show that we are not willing to follow simple rules, then how are people going to believe us that we will follow Christ’s rules?
People often say to me that they have to do something wrong in order to do things right. My answer to them is that they have not spent enough time thinking about the problem in the first place because there is always a way of doing things right – the right way! If we have not thought things through then we too will try to take the shortest route out and that may well involve breaking a few local rules. That is the fools way out because we simply do not know the whole situation yet.
God warns us that we will face many things in our lives but He also makes sure that we should always be able to find the right way of doing things. He is never going to allow things to be in our way when there is no way out. Yes we may well think that there is no way out because we have trapped ourselves and admitting the truth will get us into trouble – but the truth is always the way out. If we have been bad and broken rules then we should be willing to face the consequence of those actions. We knew the rules, we face the punishment! But we also have to know God’s rules and know the punishment for our sin. Christ is the one who has come forward and allows us to be given a new lease of life – life eternal through Him!
Points to Ponder:
Do you break rules?
Are you grieving the Holy Spirit?
Key Verse: 1 Peter 2:15
15 For such is the will of God, doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men;
Devotion:
When you are asked if you should follow the law of the land, what is your answer? Is it that you would not follow the law of the land but rather follow God’s laws? Well, just maybe you have not read your bible properly! God teaches us that we do need to follow the law of the land despite what we may think. Yes, if the law of the land is that we work against God then we have a problem because we have to follow God first of all; but keeping within the local law is a big part of being a Christian. If we show that we are not willing to follow simple rules, then how are people going to believe us that we will follow Christ’s rules?
People often say to me that they have to do something wrong in order to do things right. My answer to them is that they have not spent enough time thinking about the problem in the first place because there is always a way of doing things right – the right way! If we have not thought things through then we too will try to take the shortest route out and that may well involve breaking a few local rules. That is the fools way out because we simply do not know the whole situation yet.
God warns us that we will face many things in our lives but He also makes sure that we should always be able to find the right way of doing things. He is never going to allow things to be in our way when there is no way out. Yes we may well think that there is no way out because we have trapped ourselves and admitting the truth will get us into trouble – but the truth is always the way out. If we have been bad and broken rules then we should be willing to face the consequence of those actions. We knew the rules, we face the punishment! But we also have to know God’s rules and know the punishment for our sin. Christ is the one who has come forward and allows us to be given a new lease of life – life eternal through Him!
Points to Ponder:
Do you break rules?
Are you grieving the Holy Spirit?