Wednesday 29 Aug 2012

Wednesday Reading: Matthew 10:32-33

Key Verse: Matthew 10:32
32  Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Devotion:
What use is a tool if you were to buy it and then leave it in the toolbox instead of taking it out when you need it? What good would it be to be a painter and decorator if you are never going to use you skills to do that painting and decorating? God has given us these amazing bodies that allow us to do so many things and part of that must surely be that we should be using them for His glory!

My first experiences with trying to tell others about God were in front of teenagers which some may think of as the hardest nuts to crack. Well, they are not! The hardest nuts to crack are the ones who are deepest entrenched in the world instead – typically adults who have had quite varied lives. Maybe that is why I continue to strive to teach teenagers because I see them as having a difficult life because of the peer pressure and the temptations that attach them from all sides.

There seems to be different attitudes to teenagers out there and they all seem to cause problems for other people. The people who lift up the teenagers and say that they have no choice in how they grow up because of the rejection they face from society are sometimes those same ones that do the rejecting. Some who turn round and refuse the teens because they are not helping themselves may well be helping them in some ways. I refuse to be drawn into arguments about what is best for them because each person is different. The only common thing that we should be concerned about is the fact they each of us has to confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and to ask Him personally for forgiveness.

If you are not willing to allow others to know that truth, then you are guilty before God because you are hiding the truth from people that need God in their lives. That is what needs to count. That is what other people need to know. God has given us these wonderful bodies so that we can use them to inform others about our Awesome God. I use my mouth to teach children. I use my brains to write web sites to teach people via the World Wide Web. I use what God has given me to write devotions that are published through mobile apps. I don’t dare stand idly by and keep my mouth shut!

Points to Ponder:
Have you told anyone about God lately?

How would you start telling someone about God?