Tuesday 28 Aug 2012

Tuesday Reading: Romans 10:1-10

Key Verse: Romans 10:9
9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Devotion:
One of the things that I do like to remind the teenagers that I teach is that even though they may like to think of themselves as being Christians, until they know it in their hearts they still have a problem. This does tend to get them thinking for a while, at least until the world and its trimmings get them side-tracked again! You see, Satan has this grip on the world that shakes people up and gets them all confused. He continues to throw all manner of junk our way just so we may doubt one little bit. He is after that doubt so that he can make that grow instead of our faith – that is his only grip on us!

Fortunately we do have God’s Word whereby we can know what is true and we can look to it for the truth at any time of doubt. There is absolutely no doubt that Satan does know about God and that he knows about Jesus. There is no doubt that he believes that Jesus is real – but he also has this arrogant attitude which makes him stumble when it comes to confessing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He came to pay for our sin debt. That arrogant attitude is all that prevents Him from being saved – he still thinks that he will in some manner be able to over-throw Christ, his creator!

The more that we think about that the more that we begin to realise that there is no way we can get away with thoughts like that – because we know our limitations. But Satan is very powerful and he is able to do so much more than we can; and that fuels his arrogance and fuels his belief that he can in some way overthrow his Creator! I am very thankful that I do not have the power that he has otherwise I too may be very tempted to follow that power instead of following God!

I can look back at the wonderful education that I have been fortunate to have and then I can turn round to the preachers and teachers around me and marvel at the education that God personally gives them so that they can bring His Word to those around them. I know that my engineering background counts as nothing when I get up to talk about God. Instead, I too have to depend on His for wisdom to teach His Word. I praise my God for giving me wisdom and strength every time I stand up for Him!

Points to Ponder:
Do you depend on God for wisdom?

Are you personally acknowledging Him as Saviour?