Friday Reading: Psalm 121:1-2
Key Verse: Psalm 121:2
2 My help comes from The LORD, who made Heaven and earth.
Devotion:
Who do you turn to when you need help? Do you go to a river when you need water, or to a tree when you need timer or even to an animal in the field when you are hungry? I guess we do that in a round about way but we would normally do things like switch on the tap, go to the DIY shop or to the store. We have certain places that we go to for help in our lives, we have certain people we turn to when things go wrong and then we get in a bit of a mood when things do not go the way we want!
We all need guidance in our lives; no matter how much we may think that we can handle things we will find something that will either drain us or confound us. And then we come to spiritual matters... Where we go to have our spiritual matters sorted is going to drive where our lives go as a whole. If we turn to fortune tellers and astrology then we should not be surprised that they cannot tell us what we know. If we turn to people in our churches then we should not be surprised that they do not know all the answers either. We are all human and each one of us has a different view on life. Each one of us has a different spiritual need in our lives; each one of us may well be focusing on different things that God has done for us. We are all different.
The unique thing about us all is that God made us all. He is the designer and He is the maintainer. If we want to have things sorted out by the professional then we need to go back to the one who is in charge. He may well use different people around us to get us to listen and learn from just as He may well use us to teach others. But what it comes down to is having God in our lives. Not just a casual acquaintance but a regular and central part of our lives, both physical and spiritual! God wants to be in our lives and He has done everything so that that can be possible – we are the ones who have to invite Him in. We are the ones who have to look to Him.
Points to Ponder:
Who helps you?
Do you look to God?
