Sunday 20 May 2018

May 20: Revelations 4:9-11

Key Verse: Revelations 4:11
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Devotion:
When was the last time you were really thankful for something going the right way? When did you last have something happen, look back and think, wow, I am really glad it turned out this way after all? We all try to control our own lives and think we do a pretty good job most of the time, but we always seem to make mistakes and lose faith in what we can do because of those mistakes. We may look back on our accomplishments and think we have done ok, but there will always be times when we think we could have done better. The accomplishments build up our faith, but the failures break down our faith!

It is at those times that we think we could have done with fore-sight because looking back we can see the pitfalls now we did not see then. If only we could have had someone guiding us through our lives who knew exactly what was going to happen! But we have! Christ has promised us He will be with us and that He will be willing to guide us and to keep us if we are willing to trust in Him. With that trust will come all manner of things we would not have otherwise thought through.

Can you imagine the joy we will have knowing we have been able to make it through to the end and done things right; but just that, because we will be living out our eternal lives in joy and happiness! Can you imagine the sorrow we will face if we make it through to the end only to find that we face the rest of our eternal lives living in sorrow? We all do have the choice as to which way we see our lives working out. We all do have the choice as to whether we want to honour and obey our Living, Eternal, Loving, Caring and Awesome God! Once we do bring God back into our lives we do find that not only do we have joy and peace whilst we live on earth, but we have the secure knowledge we will have even more joy and peace living eternally by His side!

Points to Ponder:
How often do you think about the long term rather than the short term?

How often do you let God be your guide?