Wednesday 23 May 2018

May 23: Psalm 138:6-8

Key Verse: Psalm 138:8
The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever - do not abandon the works of your hands.

Devotion:
One of the most wonderful things about our God is that He thinks of the little people! There are so many religions which encourage you to believe you have to be a giant in society before you can feel their god’s presence or how you have to work so hard at things before you can know that their god or gods will be watching. Our God continues to watch over each one of us that wish to have Him close to us. If we turn our backs on Him and walk away, He waits patiently for us to return.

When we find ourselves walking through tough times, He is the one who is willing to lead us through those times. When we find the going tough, He is tough enough to ease our path… so long as we are willing to depend on Him. When we find things getting us down too much and can’t see the wood from the trees, He is the one who reminds us of all the life around us. When we are up against others who seek to put Him down, He is the strength that can keep us going to make sure He will continue to get the glory only He deserves. He will continue to fight for us as well as carry us through because He is the only one capable of doing it all!

God is the one who will help us to show others He is our God. He is the one who can use all of us to His glory. He could use the unbeliever for His glory but instead He chooses us. We are the ones He wants to be examples for Him. We are the ones He wants to strengthen and guide. It is amazing just how much mercy He does display when you consider the amount of things we have done wrong or against Him in the past; all those things which He has forgiven us for. We look back in history and wonder at the mercy He continues to display for all of us. Let us never confuse what God continues to do for us and what we think we can do for ourselves. It is He who is able; it must be us who are willing.

Points to Ponder:
Do you find it hard upholding Christ?

How much do you really depend on Him?