Thursday Reading: 1 Peter 5 5-7
 
Key Verse: 1 Peter 5 7
7  casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

 

Devotion:
Younger ones here is referring not to just young people but to those that are young in Christ. That then covers most of us because we are still young in Christ, learning and being taught in His will and in His ways. With that in mind we need to turn to someone to be taught… Our primary teacher is going to be the Holy Spirit teaching us through reading our bibles, but there will always be times when we have to learn from those who have spent a lifetime learning as well. Having said that, each of us does have that ability to help one another out too because as we learn we can then pass on that knowledge.

 

When at school we do not feed off the teacher and then not help out our fellow classmates if they do not understand when we do. We would normally try to help them out. In the same manner, when we learn something new about God, we should be willing to pass that on to our brothers and sisters in Christ too. When we do not understand something at school, we can either be silent and fail, or we can speak up and learn from someone. The same goes for us learning about God; if we don’t understand, we need to ask someone.

 

Being humble means giving up the pride and allowing someone else to explain things to you when you don’t quite understand. Being humble means giving up the pride and going back to the one to whom you just said “yes I understand it” when you did not quite understand. Being humble means giving up the pride and admitting that you do need help. There is nothing wrong with needing help. Why else would God have given us people to turn to? Why else would God have given us the Holy Spirit?

 

God wants us to be able to turn to Him at any time and know that we will find help, support and someone who deeply cares for every one of us.

 

Points to Ponder:
Who do you turn to when you need help?

 

Do you explain your relationship with God when asked?