Wednesday 11 Apr 2018

April 11: Luke 11:33-36

Key Verse: Luke 11:35
See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

Devotion:
Would you think it a bit strange to put a light underneath a chair? Whilst it may look aesthetically pleasing at the time, it is not going to shed much useable light; try sitting in the chair and reading a book! But still people do this sort of thing and they call it progress, art or design! It is amazing what people will actually design just so something looks good and not put much thought into the usefulness or safety, until it is too late! An architect, on the other hand, should be thinking of both beauty and safety.

We do not tend to treat our lives too much like architects, we put design in front of usefulness, obedience, charity and simply what is right. We like to look good and many times we also go further than we should in making sure we do look good at the expense of others. I know I have been guilty of that in the past and I’m sure at some stage I will probably make a stupid decision again in the future… because we open our eyes to the temptations.

The danger first starts when we start to open our eyes to those things. Much like a small leak in a dam wall, if it is not stopped, it will continue to erode until you have a whacking great hole which will ultimately collapse the whole dam! Not because we wanted to bring down the dam in the beginning, but because we saw no harm in a tiny leak in the beginning. As days went by, we continued to see the leak grow bigger but because it was growing so slowly we did not think there was an issue. As the leak got bigger, we started to think there could be a problem but continued to ignore it… When it got too big, we then knew there was no way we could fix it! That is when we had to call in the experts to fix it and it cost a whole bunch more than we had!

If we make sure we fix things when we see there may be issues, we will move forward as stronger Christians. Our strength comes from looking for things that are right and going with them in the beginning! This is the will of God.

Points to Ponder:
Do you do things just to look good?

Everything God does has a purpose!