Friday 29 Jun 2018

June 29: Ephesians 4:30

Key Verse: Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Devotion:
How many times do you do things without thinking about the consequences? I’m not talking about just the really bad things, I’m talking about everything we do… do you always think about the consequences before you do things? I know I don’t! How many times have you done something you thought was just fine and it turned out to be the absolute opposite?

Ok. So let’s think about things which we do every day. How many times a day do you join in conversations between other friends? How many of those conversations have involved a bit of strong language? How many times have you gone along with doing something that ended up hurting someone else – even when it was someone you thought probably deserved it anyway!

You see, we continue to get caught up into doing, saying or thinking about things that we ultimately know are actually wrong. We like to think they do not harm anyone and that there is no harm in a bit of fun. But do you actually know just what it is doing to someone else? When was the last time that you really got hurt by something someone else said? Did they know that it was going to affect you that much? Did they actually ever find out that it did hurt you that much?

When we are saved, we get a wonderful gift of eternal life; but we also get a wonderful guide who comes to live with us, in us – the Holy Spirit. Each and every time we do, say, or think wrong or get caught up in, we take the Holy Spirit along with us! Would you take your friend into a place you knew they absolutely hated just because you wanted to go there? Why then should we take the Holy Spirit to places that He cannot abide?

How would you like to be held captive in a small cell that has nothing in it that you liked, but everything that you did not like?

Points to Ponder:
How often do you do before you think?

How often do you think about what you have done?