Saturday 3 Nov 2012

Saturday Reading: Galatians 6:6-11

Key Verse: Galatians 6:10
10  As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Devotion:
When we do take God with us in every part of our lives we will find that we are given a better understanding of our lives each step we take with Him. God is not going to leave us to walk alone if we have invited Him along; He will jump at the chance of guiding us in every step if we are willing to allow Him to do so. When Christ said that He would not leave us alone it was with the express intent of making sure that we have a guide that He gave us His promise. Just because we have earthly work to do does not mean that we must exclude God from our earthly work; include Him in everything, always.

If we go off on our own merry way and do what we want to do we are going to find that the things we do will have consequences in our lives. If we leave God behind, the consequence may well be that we feel very far from Him and find it hard to listen to Him. If we try to focus on God but exclude others in any way then we will find that others will see a very different picture of us than we think! Excluding others may sound a harsh statement, but we do exclude others in many ways in our lives. It may be a simple remark that we make that excludes others because that remark is taken as a harsh an unnecessary rebuke instead of helpful guidance; each of us has a conscience that can be built up or dashed and broken down.

Our words, once they leave our mouths, are on a mission to do something and affect others. If we let out those words without thinking, they may well be words of destruction rather than words of encouragement toward others. What could be worse that breaking down what God has built up in another person?

It is not always an easy task to live with other people because of our differences. The more work that I am able to do with others working for God, the more I am able to see how different each of us are. God has given us these different lives and different roles so that we can support a much wider and fuller society. If we do not embrace, carefully, those different people, we will find that we cannot cater for God’s children. God is the one who has created us different for a reason so let us move forward in support of one another as God intended us.

Points to Ponder:
Do you like helping others?

Are your words helping others?