Wednesday 30 Apr 2014

April 30: Psalm 144:9-15

Key Verse: Psalm 144:11
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks lying words, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood

Devotion:
We need to be giving thanks to our God for all that He does and that does not just have to be for the things we see that He does in the world, the healing, the comfort and the supplying of needs; we all see those. What about the things that people do not see that we need in our lives? What about the strength we get to stand up for Him when the people around us are doing all manner of strange things which go against the Word of God?

I do depend more and more on God every day now and I tend to notice a whole lot more things that He does for us than I used to. Maybe I am the odd one out who has not noticed all these things before, but I do notice them now. I guess shutting yourself off from the world has the good side of being able to build up your spirituality, but it does shut you off from the world! When you are closed off from everything around you the things of the world go unnoticed; but when you are in the world and fighting every step you do notice what we are up against.

It is the strength that God gives me to fight in this world that I notice more and more. It is the knowledge that I have that God is always on my side when I am depending in Him (yes IN Him and not just ON Him). It is the faithfulness that I build up when I see Him faithfulness. All the little things that continue to grow inside of me because of God and not in spite of Him.

God would rather we all be more like the disciples and show others just how great our God actually is. Yes they faltered in the beginning too, but they all ended up bringing glory to God for all that He did in their lives. Let us live our life fuller and stronger in faith, knowing that God is awesome and that He is the one behind every step we take. That means we need to glorify Him more every day to make sure that others do see just how awesome He is!

Points to Ponder:
Do you count on God?

Can God count on you?