Saturday Reading: 2 Peter 3 17-18
Key Verse: 2 Peter 3 17
17 Therefore, beloved, knowing beforehand, beware lest being led away with the error of the lawless, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Devotion:
One of the hardest things to do is to keep going when everything seems to be going wrong around you. That single thought will keep many people from doing their best for God because it is that fear of failing that will stop them from passing on God’s truth to others. It is also similar fears and doubts that will hold you back in not just reaching others but also being able to reach out to God. It is the fear of being rejected that will hold many people back from doing their best for God.
God is the one that knows how weak we are and how we need strength in order to continue with His work. That is why He is willing to show us grace and mercy beyond that which we think we need; just so that we can continue to have confidence that He is always looking out for us. But if we continue to think that we are strong enough to handle our own issues then we will have to continue to try and fight them ourselves without that grace and mercy that God can show us. Just maybe we will then begin to realise how weak we actually are.
When we try to walk by ourselves for the first time we find that we fall over a lot. Obviously we cannot remember those days because we were so young; but that does not mean that we did not go there. If we want to be able to continue to do God’s work then we have to be willing to learn from Him about that work. That may well mean falling a few times and being hurt as well. But through God’s grace and mercy we will be able to get back up and try again until such time as we can handle His work. Trusting that that is exactly what He will do is where we need to start.
Points to Ponder:
Feeling up to it?
When did you last accept God’s help?