Thursday Reading: 2 Corinthians 6:10-18
Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 6:12
12 You are not restrained in us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
Devotion:
I have a new-found admiration for missionaries! The work that they do in going out and reaching out to the people of the world, saved and unsaved, is amazing. But what is even more amazing is that they continue to walk with God even when they seem to be surrounded by people who do not believe God or even say that they hate Him. Most of us will be able to recognise sayings such as “if you can keep your head whilst those around you lose yours, then you are a man my son”; but I think that should be more like “if you can walk with God and keep His commandments when all those around you are breaking them, then you are a Christian!”
I thank my God that He is the one that has my salvation firmly in His grip and that He gives me the strength each day to go forward in His name and face unbelievers with His Word. I thank Him for His strength during times of my weakness. I thank Him for His guidance during times of confusion. I thank Him every day for what Him allows me to do in His name.
When we go forward and try to reach out to people that do not want to be reached, they put up barriers and cause chaos just so that they can get the own way; that is human nature. Before we get to know Christ we seem to have a need to go out and prove to the world that we are better than them in some way; but when you get to walk with God you will find that that need goes away and is replaced with a need to give others the same chance and you have been given. God has given me a big heart to go forward in His name and reach out to all sorts of people – sometimes it is really tough! But as long as we separate ourselves from the worldly ways and focus on Gods ways, we will find that reaching out then becomes the natural way of living.
Points to Ponder:
Do you fight with the world or with God?
Are you walking with and trusting God?