Monday 18 Feb 2013

Monday Reading: Acts 20:22-24

Key Verse: Acts 20:24
24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Devotion:
We need to place our faith and trust firmly in God’s hands and allow Him, through the Holy Spirit to lead us in the direction that He wants us to go. This may well be a very hard decision for us to take because just like Jonah we may well want to run off in the other direction when we find out where God is leading us. I know that I have wanted to run off when I have seen the hardships the lie in the road ahead of me, but each time that I have remained strong in faith and allowed God to lead me, I have come out the other side a much stronger and wiser man.

God is not going to lead us off into destruction because He knows that that would not do anything that would allow us to glorify Him. But if He leads us in a path that will allow us to see that He is getting the glory and that He is the one in charge, then we must accept where He is taking us. It is not that God is only going to be in the places that He dictates that we should go because we are reminded all the time that God is going to be in every place that we venture, and when we accept Him as Lord and Saviour, He will be the one leading us wherever we go – we should be the ones listening to Him as He leads…

If we are going to go into a place that looks very uncomfortable for us to be in, then we should not turn our noses up at it but accept that path as a path that we need to take right now so that God will receive the glory that He is aiming us toward. We may well face bonds and afflictions ahead, but if we do then they are there for a reason!

Paul was at the stage where he knew that he would have to face some pretty horrible things, but none of that mattered when compared to the glory that Christ would receive when the task had been completed. We need to aim towards God’s high calling for each of us with Joy and excitement because the road ahead is going to be fantastic when we are in His arms all the way!

Points to Ponder:
What scares you about your future?

Do you know God is already there?