Wednesday Reading: Acts 4:4
Key Verse: Acts 4:4
4 But many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Devotion:
Some of you may be wondering why I left this verse out of the reading yesterday and the answer is simple. We all do face uphill struggles and some of those do seem to be bigger than we can handle, but there is always an ‘upside’ from those ‘downsides’ and this is the ‘upside’ from all the hassle that we must face as Christians; the fact that God is glorified and that people get to hear and know the truth!
If I, as a youth worker, have to work the rest of my life so that just one more person can come to know Christ, then that is my lot that Christ has given me. For that I would be grateful because I know that what I would be doing would be for God’s glory. Who am I to think that I should know better than God? Who am I to think that I should be able to change my destiny... but that is where there is something pretty incredible in that Christ has given us the choice of free will. He has given us the choice as to whether we actually believe in Him to start with and whether we want Him in our lives or not. He has allowed us, as flawed as we are, to make that life altering choice as to whether we should follow Him or choose our own destiny.
So many people turn round and say that they would rather choose their own destiny because they think they know best. Then they slowly but surely find out that life is not all it is made out to be because people out there are not all fair and not all honest! It takes a brave person to stand up against the world, but it takes a fool to stand up against God. We do have that choice but in order to make the most informed choice we can we do need to know the truth – that means doing a bit of digging and seeing what the choices actually are because most of our choices are dressed up to be nothing like the reality they hide. Be careful but seek the truth.
Points to Ponder:
Do you like choices?
Do you know what your choices actually are?
Key Verse: Acts 4:4
4 But many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Devotion:
Some of you may be wondering why I left this verse out of the reading yesterday and the answer is simple. We all do face uphill struggles and some of those do seem to be bigger than we can handle, but there is always an ‘upside’ from those ‘downsides’ and this is the ‘upside’ from all the hassle that we must face as Christians; the fact that God is glorified and that people get to hear and know the truth!
If I, as a youth worker, have to work the rest of my life so that just one more person can come to know Christ, then that is my lot that Christ has given me. For that I would be grateful because I know that what I would be doing would be for God’s glory. Who am I to think that I should know better than God? Who am I to think that I should be able to change my destiny... but that is where there is something pretty incredible in that Christ has given us the choice of free will. He has given us the choice as to whether we actually believe in Him to start with and whether we want Him in our lives or not. He has allowed us, as flawed as we are, to make that life altering choice as to whether we should follow Him or choose our own destiny.
So many people turn round and say that they would rather choose their own destiny because they think they know best. Then they slowly but surely find out that life is not all it is made out to be because people out there are not all fair and not all honest! It takes a brave person to stand up against the world, but it takes a fool to stand up against God. We do have that choice but in order to make the most informed choice we can we do need to know the truth – that means doing a bit of digging and seeing what the choices actually are because most of our choices are dressed up to be nothing like the reality they hide. Be careful but seek the truth.
Points to Ponder:
Do you like choices?
Do you know what your choices actually are?