Thursday Reading: Luke 18:18-24
Key Verse: Luke 18:24
24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, He said, How hardly those having riches shall enter into the kingdom of God!
Devotion:
Being a Christian should never be a half-hearted approach because being a Christian is not something that you should be able to drift in and out of but rather stick firmly with from the time of your first asking Christ into your life! This is another of those points where we tend to try and justify earthly ways because it would be more comfortable for us to be able to drift in and out rather than stay with Christ. But what would you think of a friend that would call you a friend one minute and tell someone else that they are no friend of yours the next minute? Peter was our example of this when Christ was being taken to be crucified and yet he thought that he was a strong and faithful servant at the time.
There are many things in our lives that we need to look at and not just being called a Christian. It was easy for Peter at the time to say that he was not a Christian because he feared for his life but each step that we take like that is a step away from Christ. It does not have to be the big things in life that draw us away from Christ but the little things that are closest to us that we do not notice taking us away or making our walk with Him harder. What we must never forget is that Christ allows things into our lives so that we can learn from them. There is no temptation that Christ will allow into our lives that we cannot bear so trusting Christ in those circumstances is really the only right way.
No matter how hard we try to figure things out on our own we will find that they just cannot be dealt with by ourselves. Lifting up God and trusting in Him in an integral part of our Christian walk, one that will be exercised many times and one that we have to trust Christ with. If we turn aside, how many people will see us and think that they too can then turn aside for a while. Is that not Satan’s game plan?
Points to Ponder:
How strong are you?
How much more can you handle without God?
