Friday Reading: Psalm 119:73-80
Key Verse: Psalms 119 74
74 They who fear You will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in Your Word.
74 They who fear You will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in Your Word.
Devotion:
Yes, God made us to serve Him, but He has not made us as slaves but as children that He loves and cares for. And as children, we do get into trouble, we do do things wrong and we do go off on a tangent now and again. Through our sin, we have effectively made ourselves unfit to server Him and enjoy Him! If we really do want to serve Him with the respect that He alone deserves, then we have to try to understand what it is that He wants. We can do this by reading His Word and relying on the Holy Spirit to guide us through that word giving us the understanding that we need. When we do follow His will, we will find comforts within His arms that we could not dream of. Those comforts will not only be a joy for ourselves, but for those that see us as well.
Yes, God made us to serve Him, but He has not made us as slaves but as children that He loves and cares for. And as children, we do get into trouble, we do do things wrong and we do go off on a tangent now and again. Through our sin, we have effectively made ourselves unfit to server Him and enjoy Him! If we really do want to serve Him with the respect that He alone deserves, then we have to try to understand what it is that He wants. We can do this by reading His Word and relying on the Holy Spirit to guide us through that word giving us the understanding that we need. When we do follow His will, we will find comforts within His arms that we could not dream of. Those comforts will not only be a joy for ourselves, but for those that see us as well.
The tender loving mercies that He shows us are greater than a parents tender loving mercies. There is only a certain amount of things that we can do as humans, but through God, nothing is impossible. We must not look down on our earthly parents and partners for them lacking the ability to do things but rather praise them for trying. When we see the difference in what God can do, we will praise Him! We will also be faced by those that wish to scorn us or to mock us. Let God deal with them as our parents protected us when we were small. He may still allow things to happen so that we can gain strength through experience, but it is all for a purpose. We do not know the extent of God’s knowledge and wisdom in allowing things to come our way – we should not try to understand it either. Accepting God’s will in our lives and praising Him for it will cement your relationship with Him!
Don’t be too proud to go back to Him and admit that you did things wrong. That pride can drive a wedge between you that will only server to force you away from Him. Dropping that pride and following His will, will serve to strengthen you in Him and allow you to stand firm for Him!
Points to Ponder:
Do you admit your failings to your parents?
Do you admit your failings to God?
Do you admit your failings to your parents?
Do you admit your failings to God?