Thursday 2 Nov 2017

November 2: Psalm 24:1-6

Key Verse: Psalm 24:5
They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Saviour.

Devotion:
One positive thing about most of us is how we do strive to find something better. We don’t just sit around and accept our life and do nothing more. We also want to know what is going to happen to us after our physical life is over. None of us can truly accept there is nothing more after death... Ever wondered why? Because God gave us brains that could think about it and a soul which can achieve it. He gave us the ability to think about Him and to seek out the truth.

No matter how much we are able to squeeze into our physical lives, we still yearn for something else, we still seek after the non-physical, the spiritual. We have the ability to consider our whole life and we will always be wanting, we will always think of things we could have done, and we will always think of the things we can do if we could just live a bit longer. Before long we will start to ask ourselves, how can I live forever. Then we may find out about God and ask further, how can I get to heaven. We may then approach religion in its various forms and still be wanting, still thinking there is more to it.

It is only when we put our whole heart into a relationship with God that we begin to feel the satisfaction we are seeking. It is only after we realise just what Christ has done for us by shedding His blood on the cross that we begin to realise how perfect a situation we can be in. His has done the perfect thing to enable us to come to Him, find out the truth and then live with Him forever. We can find what our hearts and souls seek. We can live out a life which will be fulfilling. We may still look back on our lives and think of how we could have done it better – but we can look forward and know we are heading for the perfect place. If we want to fill the gap in our spiritual lives, we need to find the plug which will fit it, and that is a life with God.

Points to Ponder:
When do you feel most alone?

When do you call out to God?