Monday 14 May 2012

Monday Reading: Psalm 9:7-10

Key Verse: Psalm 9:10
10  And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Devotion:
I think one of the hardest things that we have to get our heads round is the fact that God IS. I mean He just IS, not was, not is, not will be, but has always existed from before time began and will always exist even after time could ever cease to exist. The very fact that we live inside of time and time rules our lives does not do anything to help us understand the everlasting nature of God. Scientists and evolutionists try their very best to come up with extraordinary figures about how old earth is and try to figure out how it could ever have started by itself when all they need do is to acknowledge that God did actually create things in the beginning – that God created this notion of time itself so that we could have a goal to aim for.

God has given us a goal to live for – to come to know Him and accept Him as being all powerful and all knowing. For as long as we try to invent stories so that we can be scientific and prove things one way or the other, we will continue to drive a wedge between us and Him. He has always upheld all that is right and good. He has always upheld the just. He has always brought down judgment on the unrighteous and unjust. Just because we have this thing called time does not mean that there is a limit to His justice or judgement.

God gives us a place to call our own when we come back to Him. When we live to please Him and glorify Him, we begin to see this place called Heaven as being the most beautiful and comely place we could ever imagine; a place where we no longer have to face the death and destruction this world seem to offer us each day. No longer do we have to search high and low for a place of refuge because God has given it to us already.

We may get to the end of our tether and think that things could not possibly get any worse for us but all we need do is look up and smile at our God in heaven knowing that He created the perfect place for us before we even got to understand that we needed a Saviour. He has always had that place for us knowing that we will eventually find Him and the truth; so accepting Him as our Lord and Saviour is the first step we need to take in the rest of our time – thereafter we will forever be safe in His arms!

Points to Ponder:
How long could you be patient for?

Do you test God’s patience?