Saturday Reading: Psalm 116:1-6
Key Verse: Psalm 116:6
6 The LORD keeps the simple; I was brought low, and He helped me.
Devotion:
Though I may like to know more about the bible and about the intricacies of how it was put together and the sources from which it was collated, I know that God is in it and with it. Man may try desperately to usurp God’s Word and he may try all manner of things to prove that he is as good as or better than God’s Word but he will continually fail. You see, no matter how clever we think we are, we are simply nothing compared to God!
But we are not here to argue about whether we are clever or learned but rather to acknowledge that God still supports us no matter how thick we are! I learn every day from reading God’s Word. I learn every day from listening to others speak about God. I open myself to be taught by God because I acknowledge Him as master of all. Our schools and classrooms may be full of rebels that do not want to learn, but we can still learn there because there is someone willing to teach. When we reach the stage of finding that there is nobody left willing to teach, then we are in trouble!
God helps everybody. Not just those that have spent their lives learning from His Word but even the person who has just picked up the bible for the first time; God wants us all to know the truth. Early churches may have secured the bible so that the common people could not gain ready access to it, but God found a way to release His Word to the masses. Man may try to hide God by getting rid of Christians, but God will find a way of making sure that even they do get to hear the truth. We all will face Christ eventually. I would rather face Him as my friend than as an enemy! He brought me down to my knees so that I could learn from Him instead of from this corrupt world. I now know that He is holding me up and has been doing so right from the beginning. I praise God for His grace for saving me, a rebel! I praise God for His mercy for forgiving me, a sinner! I praise God for helping me, a fool!
Points to Ponder:
What do you learn from?
Are you listening to God?
Key Verse: Psalm 116:6
6 The LORD keeps the simple; I was brought low, and He helped me.
Devotion:
Though I may like to know more about the bible and about the intricacies of how it was put together and the sources from which it was collated, I know that God is in it and with it. Man may try desperately to usurp God’s Word and he may try all manner of things to prove that he is as good as or better than God’s Word but he will continually fail. You see, no matter how clever we think we are, we are simply nothing compared to God!
But we are not here to argue about whether we are clever or learned but rather to acknowledge that God still supports us no matter how thick we are! I learn every day from reading God’s Word. I learn every day from listening to others speak about God. I open myself to be taught by God because I acknowledge Him as master of all. Our schools and classrooms may be full of rebels that do not want to learn, but we can still learn there because there is someone willing to teach. When we reach the stage of finding that there is nobody left willing to teach, then we are in trouble!
God helps everybody. Not just those that have spent their lives learning from His Word but even the person who has just picked up the bible for the first time; God wants us all to know the truth. Early churches may have secured the bible so that the common people could not gain ready access to it, but God found a way to release His Word to the masses. Man may try to hide God by getting rid of Christians, but God will find a way of making sure that even they do get to hear the truth. We all will face Christ eventually. I would rather face Him as my friend than as an enemy! He brought me down to my knees so that I could learn from Him instead of from this corrupt world. I now know that He is holding me up and has been doing so right from the beginning. I praise God for His grace for saving me, a rebel! I praise God for His mercy for forgiving me, a sinner! I praise God for helping me, a fool!
Points to Ponder:
What do you learn from?
Are you listening to God?