Tuesday 2 Apr 2013

Tuesday Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 3:14
14  I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Devotion:
When Jesus said that He was the Alpha and the Omega it was not a challenge but a statement of fact. Christ has been there from the very beginning as He created the heavens and the earth and He will continue to be there after all of the recognisable things we see are destroyed and made new. Everything, be it seen and understood by us, or unseen and unimaginable by us, has been created by God – there is nothing that has not been made by our awesome God!

We are actually quite caught up in this little world that we call life that we do not see the bigger picture and recognise all that God has done for us. Instead we focus on our immediate surroundings and hope that that is going to be enough to see us through! God made all of this for a reason. We may not fully understand how and why He should make this all but we can be certain that He continues to support us and guide us in everything that we do.

We, speaking as a human, then get to think of ourselves as gods because of all that we have been able to achieve; but nothing can be further than the truth. As some religions get all excited about the things of the world and how men can achieve so much by themselves, we recognise how great our God is and how much we need Him in everything in life. Without God we are nothing and would never come into existence!

We do need to remember that everything does work together for good to them that love Him. It is because of God’s love toward us in the beginning that this all still exists. If we had created things or controlled things without God’s help then why do we see so many things fall apart and break down? God has given or deigned a plan for each of us that we should try to stick to. But in order to stick to that plan we first have to find out what that plan is and how God wants us to live it out. Our lives are short and pretty uncertain, so living them as close to God as we can will ensure that we do get the best out of every minute. God has done this all as an example to us that we may know that He is God! Believe it as you see it!

Points to Ponder:
How much do you focus on in this world?

Have you lost sight of God?