Saturday Reading: Proverbs 11:18
Key Verse: Proverbs 11:18
18 The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.
Devotion:
There are certain people in life who seem to make a living out of others through doing everything wrong they can to them. They seem to thrive in being able to make money without care for others at all. Yes, they may well make a whole lot of money, but what they make will be relatively short lived because nobody will want their legacy they leave behind. Unfortunately we seem to have a lot of those sort of people in the world at the moment who are thriving on making money when others are struggling with just getting enough food to eat; how can that not eat at their very souls?
There are people that will try to convince you that what we do as Christians is not right because it’s not good to eat meat or not good to farm animals or other things like that that go against God’s Word. When we are faced with people that are bent on making money or making an empire (be it monetary based or religion based) we must always compare what they do with God’s Word. If what they are doing is against God’s Word then what they are doing is against God. To them we must turn our backs because they are bent on taking us away from God.
Many people will promise all manner of things if we follow them in some way. It may be a small temptation that will take us away from a friend in need for a few hours or maybe it will take us away from church. Each of these things cannot be for God if they are working against His people and against His ways! What we do must glorify God by lifting up His ways, His word and His name. What we do must work towards the glory that we can give to God. The rewards that we will get for doing such work for God may well not be money but will be a soul that is uplifted knowing that what we do is righteous in God’s eyes. The reward that we will get will last forever and not be a short-lived thing that disappears when the local currency goes down the pan. The reward that we get should not be the aim but the fulfilment of the joy we make!
Points to Ponder:
What do you aim at in life?
Is God in your sights?
