Saturday 27 Oct 2012

Saturday Reading: Psalm 33:18-22

Key Verse: Psalm 33:18
18  Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Devotion:
The fact that we say that we fear God is not so much that we fear His wrath, what He can do to us because of our sin, but rather that we depart from evil because we know that it will offend our God. He is the one who has chosen to support us and to love us; should we depart from His ways we are effectively saying that we do not respect His ways. He is our God, our Creator God, the One who has not only created us and supports us but the One who has chosen to love us first.

It is our lot to serve and worship Him in a manner that is befitting of His position as our Lord, Saviour and King. That means having faith that He is going to uphold His promises toward us and knowing that He has shown us mercy from the beginning even though we do not deserve it. It is that hope in the unseen that we call faith and it is that hope that we exercise every day; and that mercy that we count on to allow us to rely on that hope and faith.

Now whilst we do not have a sure cure for death and disease, we do have an eternal place reserved for us in Heaven with our Lord and Saviour. Just because we have that eternal life based on a promise from God does not mean that we are going to be able to cheat death in any way; God may choose to keep us alive so that we can be used to further His Word, but we still have to face the same sort of deaths that any other human has to face. It may be that we have to face up to cancer or have to face some other terminal disease; but it is what happens after we die our earthly death that counts most of all.

We must wait patiently on God’s promises to look forward to our eternal place with Him knowing that it is Jesus Christ that will save us from our sin because of what He has already done for us. The love that He demonstrated goes far beyond our vain imaginations and allows us to begin to understand just how much He does love us. It is our souls that look forward to the joy and peace that we face in heaven by comparing the joy and peace we now have on earth with that that is missing from the unbelievers life. It is that that gives us more hope and something very special to aim for.

Points to Ponder:
What do you look forward to each day?

Are you really standing on God’s promises?