Monday Reading: Matthew 10:34-40
Key Verse: Matthew 10:40
40 He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
Devotion:
I guess that I would probably make the worst politician on this planet – because I would always get caught out by telling the truth! Some people ask how we can love a God who has said that He has come to cause division and not peace. If I were a politician I would probably come up with some sort of spin on this to say how Christ did not actually means what He said... guess what... He DID mean it!
Christ came to give us a wakeup call, not to pacify us and send us all back to sleep. God needs us to stand up for what is right and to make know that which is wrong. If that means standing up for the truth and not supporting those people around you who are working against said truth, then that is what has to be done. You don’t have to look very deep to find out all the trouble that people have caused by trying to bend the truth to suit their own ways and own sayings – why go there when we do have access to the truth? Why put up with the lies when we can settle on the truth?
I certainly am not one for causing strife so I try to settle things is quickly as possible and try to allow people to still have their own choices – but that will never stop me from highlighting the truth and allowing people to know that I stand for the truth and not for their lies. Has that caused me problems in the past? Yes it has, but I am glad that I have stuck to the truth because it is that truth that allows me to live my life safe in the knowledge that I am supporting God and that He is supporting me. I Will always try to show people that Christ is God even though I am at a loss as to how to exactly explain how God can be three persons but one. I accept this truth in the same manner as I accept that God has created everything... it certainly explains a whole lot more than evolution does to me giving me a whole lot more peace about my life than I see in those around me who do not accept this truth.
Points to Ponder:
Do you live like a politician?
Do you uphold the truth?
Key Verse: Matthew 10:40
40 He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
Devotion:
I guess that I would probably make the worst politician on this planet – because I would always get caught out by telling the truth! Some people ask how we can love a God who has said that He has come to cause division and not peace. If I were a politician I would probably come up with some sort of spin on this to say how Christ did not actually means what He said... guess what... He DID mean it!
Christ came to give us a wakeup call, not to pacify us and send us all back to sleep. God needs us to stand up for what is right and to make know that which is wrong. If that means standing up for the truth and not supporting those people around you who are working against said truth, then that is what has to be done. You don’t have to look very deep to find out all the trouble that people have caused by trying to bend the truth to suit their own ways and own sayings – why go there when we do have access to the truth? Why put up with the lies when we can settle on the truth?
I certainly am not one for causing strife so I try to settle things is quickly as possible and try to allow people to still have their own choices – but that will never stop me from highlighting the truth and allowing people to know that I stand for the truth and not for their lies. Has that caused me problems in the past? Yes it has, but I am glad that I have stuck to the truth because it is that truth that allows me to live my life safe in the knowledge that I am supporting God and that He is supporting me. I Will always try to show people that Christ is God even though I am at a loss as to how to exactly explain how God can be three persons but one. I accept this truth in the same manner as I accept that God has created everything... it certainly explains a whole lot more than evolution does to me giving me a whole lot more peace about my life than I see in those around me who do not accept this truth.
Points to Ponder:
Do you live like a politician?
Do you uphold the truth?