Monday 1 Jul 2013

Monday Reading: Proverbs 8:32-36

Key Verse: Proverbs 8:36
36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Devotion:
The way to stay clean and stay out of trouble is to listen to the people in charge and to obey the rules. God has set us rules and a whole way of living and invites us to have a personal relationship with Him to ensure that we can live the best lives we can with Him. If we want to be wise then we have to listen to the rules and live by them and not turn our noses up at those rules or even turn our backs on God. Those who listen to God’s Word in all its forms will be the ones who are blessed through His grace and mercy.

Listening to God’s Word is not just about reading and doing but reading, absorbing those words, keeping them in your hearts, remembering them always and obeying them with your way of living. We do need to make sure that we take in that word regularly as well; daily devotions are not called DAILY devotions for nothing. Keeping in touch with God must be constant and on-going. Meditating on God’s Word should be your way of life and not an afterthought or something you have to do.

The people around us who seek after the ways of the world will always find time for vain amusements and will say that they do not have time for the things of God. The less we keep in touch with God the more likely we are to fall into that same category as we do less with Him each day. Our daily walk with God keeps us in tune with Him and allows us to draw on His strength continually. I have always like the saying “seven days without God makes you weak” and it is only after you realise just how weak you do become after a week without prayers and our daily bread from God.

When we leave God out of our lives we are hurting Him as well as ourselves; the sad part being that when we start to grow weak we start trying to find excuses to not get stuck into our daily bread and daily walk with God. It is that stage that the evil one wants to get us to by allowing all manner of distractions and temptations into our lives that start the downward spiral that we get trapped into. Satan knows that he cannot compete against a daily walk with God so he tries everything to stop that from happening. Don’t let him get the upper hand; keep that privilege for God alone.

Points to Ponder:
How often do you really draw close to God?

What else do you do besides reading this devotion?