Wednesday 19 Jun 2013

Wednesday Reading: Micah 2:1-5

Key Verse: Micah 2:1
1  Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Devotion:
God is the one who divided up the land and gave it as an inheritance to Israel. He is the one who designed the earth and how the people should be spread over it. He is the one who designed the plants and animals and all we have access to for food. And yet we come along and think that we somehow have the right to redesign things because we are the ones living here and now today! If we look at the length of our lives and then at the age of the earth we are living for an insignificant amount of time in God’s design of things; yet He chooses to love each one of us as individuals and promise us a place in heaven if we believe in Him!

What do you do when you go to bed at night? and what do you do when you first wake up? Do you plot what you can do for the next day and then jump up in the morning and immediately set to that task? If we look at many people today that is exactly what they are doing, planning their attack at night and then bouncing into life in the morning and attacking their task list! But where is God?

God would rather that we wound the day down by being with Him and looking over the day, praising Him for what He has allowed our way, lifting up our burdens to Him, our wants and needs and contemplating what we have not done for Him. It is a good time to bring those sins to Him before we forget about them over night. And then God would rather that we start the morning by drawing close to Him and starting our walk with Him. It is in those early morning times when our minds are weak and more open that we must protect our minds from corruption.

If we start our day by aiming to be with God, then we can finish our day by thanking Him for protecting us and keeping us close to Him. If we start our day by asking direction then we can finish it by thanking Him for direction. If we start our day asking for His food then we can finish it by thanking Him for our daily bread. But if we start our day by running off in the opposite direction then we may have to finish our day by apologising for everything we have corrupted that day. If we start our day without Him we are going to have to finish our day trying to seek Him once again.

Points to Ponder:
Do you start your day with God?

Do you finish your day with God?