Saturday Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7-9
Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 8:8
8 I do not speak according to command, but through the eagerness of others, and testing the trueness of your love.
Devotion:
How many people do you know that can be described as being able to talk the back leg off of a donkey? That is a great English saying that describes someone who is able to talk more than anything or anyone around them. Sometimes it is great to be around such people just to be able to enjoy their gift of being able to talk so much – especially if you are a more shy and retiring kind of person. But being able to talk so much, whether they are good words or not is not the be all and end all; talking is just that, words...
When someone says that they will do something and never gets round to actually doing what they said we can describe that as someone having empty words or empty promises. No matter how much we can enjoy the talking of someone, if their words are empty or their promises never fulfilled then we will gain nothing from their words. These Corinthians that this letter is addressed to were great doers as well. We need to make sure that our lives are not empty because we only talk about things but are filled because we actually get out there and do what we say we will do.
Christ has set out instructions for each of us as to how we should lead our lives. He has given us His Word and has kept to that word. He came to earth and lowered Himself to our position even though He is our Lord and King. He did that because He wanted to show us how much He loves us and how much we mean to Him. Imagine how much our friends would think of us if we were to take a leaf out of Christ’s book and follow on in His example, doing things because we want to help others, making sure that we were there for others just in case they needed us. The true test of our love for other is in what we do for them and not what we say to them. Christ did it all because He loves us so!
Points to Ponder:
How do you show people they mean something to you?
Do you thank God for all that He does for you?
