Sunday Reading: Isaiah 57:11
Key Verse: Isaiah 57:11
11 And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied and have not remembered Me, nor laid it to your heart? Have I not been silent, even from forever, and you did not fear Me?
Devotion:
It is a sad thing when people call themselves Christians when they should not. We like to think of the western world as being Christian but in truth there are far many more people in the western world that do not accept Christ as their Saviour. Yes many may well believe that there is a God and that the earth must have been created because her complexity is far too great for a random event but in reality a Christian is someone who fears God.
To fear God is not just to be afraid of ‘the guy upstairs’ or of someone who is more powerful than you. To fear God means to have a fervent fear that He is powerful enough to say ‘NO!’ to you when you demand to get into heaven! We may think that we have done enough good things so that we can obtain a free pass into heaven. We may think that we have not been bad enough to be excluded from heaven. We may even think that we are such a nice person that God could never say no to us. But He is JUST. That means that He will make no exceptions, not even for you.
Yes, Christ did come into this world to die on the cross for everyone’s sins, but unless we are willing to believe that that is what He has actually done for us in our hearts and to give Him reason for Him to believe that we do believe, then how can we really and truthfully say that we know Christ? How can we then turn round and call ourselves Christians?
Christ has not been constantly blaming you for all that you have done wrong. He has not been broadcasting to the whole world how wicked you are. He has not shown others what you do wrong... That has all been your own doing. He has been patiently waiting for you to come home and say sorry and then move on in your life with Him at the centre! Remember God!
Points to Ponder:
Who do you fear?
Do you actually show God respect?
