Sunday 4 May 2014

May 4: Joel 2:28-32

Key Verse: Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

Devotion:
It is amazing that people wrote down these prophesies so many years before Christ came to earth and before all these things happened. The Jews had to look forward to all these terrible things happening to them; maybe this is another reason why they did not want to accept Christ as being the Messiah. But God has had His Word written down for us to look at and ponder over and for telling us of what is to come just as Joel told the Jews of what was coming. Don’t ignore God’s Word!

When we do put our faith and trust in Christ we will see a big difference in our own lives as we get changed from the inside with the Holy Spirit working through us. It is not a case of us doing any changes because we know the truth, it is a case of us being enabled through guidance from God to change. God will change our hearts and show us what we need to do and when we do listen, we will change. Just as a naughty child is told that they have to stop their ways, we are told of the changes we have to do in our own lives.

Social and peer pressure is far too great for us to be able to do any of this by our own selves so we do need the Holy Spirit every step of the way. When Christ appeared in the room with the disciples He did not tell them that they were being given magic powers to do things, He told them that they were receiving the power from Him to do these things and that was the Holy Spirit being given to them.

We have been given many prophesies through our bibles and we need to take notice of them. This is not some random things that have been written down by man but inspired words written down by man after God has revealed them to those writers. We need to be willing to listen to what God has to say to us and accept that he does actually know what is best for us. We need to stop feeling like we are self-important and accept that God is what we need to care about, His Word, His Commandments, His Son and the Holy Spirit through which we are enabled. Listen and learn.

Points to Ponder:
Do you accept God as the ultimate authority?

Or do you still try to do your own thing?