Wednesday 7 May 2014

May 7: Psalm 128:1-6

Key Verse: Psalm 128:2
When you eat the labour of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

Devotion:
When people take the bible out of context they get themselves into deeper water than not following the bible because they are twisting the truth and believing that twisted lie instead of the truth. This verse should not be taken as the words by themselves; we should not think that we can work our way into God’s favour and be happy because of all the work that we are doing. Taking the previous verse as well gives us the fuller meaning and the meaning that God intends for us to have.

When we believe in our hearts that God’s Word is the truth and we change our ways to follow the ways that God gives us in the Scriptures, we then get to work according to God’s will and not according to our own will. That is where the blessing comes in and where we can then be happy in the work that we do. Working for ourselves will give us earthly rewards which will fade and die just as the rest of the world fades away. Working for God allows us to build up rewards that will last for all eternity because that is where God will build them up.

This does not stop at our own rewards but also reaches down through the generations to our children and grandchildren. God wants to be able to give us substantial rewards that are going to last, not rewards that will wither and die just as plants do. God wants us to have rewards that will last the full length. Gold lasts because it does not corrode like other metals, but it is soft and wears down faster than other metals; it does not last forever like some people would like to think it does.

Look to what God can give you and not to what the world offers. When Satan offered the worldly rewards to Jesus He refused them and reminded Satan that God is God alone; true rewards come from God and not from man or any other source. Yes it is nice to have all manner of things in our lives that we can enjoy, but don’t make them your be all and end all because they too will fade away before God will.

Points to Ponder:
What rewards do you seek in life?

Would you trust God to reward you properly?