Friday Reading: 1 Peter 1 24-25
Key Verse: 1 Peter 1 25
25 but the Word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the Word preached as gospel to you.
Devotion:
By the time you get to read this I hope that we shall have had some rain because the land around us is drying up pretty quickly. The grass is fading and the plants lacking as the dry weather continues to remain in East Anglia, UK; a reminder that everything in this world is so reliant on God to give and supply the appropriate weather. This is not to say that God is withholding water in an attempt to get us to do something but rather that we see just how much we do rely on God even though we say we don’t. It is not just the things that He gives to us personally but to the country around us too.
Nothing in this world is permanent because it is all under the will of God; and yet God promised us that there would continue to be seasons and that His Word would continue to be taught all round the world. Well, we still see the seasons come and go and we still fight the weather and our lack of power against the weather continues to be shown to us over and over again; yet man refuses to acknowledge that God is here and that He is in charge and not us!
We are about as secure as the grass in a field; we could be cut down at any second by some lunatic with a mower or we could simply wither and die because we fail to get our food from God. We need His daily supply of truth and we need His guidance so that we can walk in the right direction to avoid falling victim to the drought around us. God’s Word, the gospel, is given to us and we need to accept it daily so that we can be nurtured and kept from drying out and being blown away with the rest of the stubble! We do need His daily supply and we need to take it in; without it we are no more than grass in a dry field hoping for something that is not coming along!
Points to Ponder:
Do you think you could stand against fire?
Will you make sure you have your protection from God before it’s too late?
Key Verse: 1 Peter 1 25
25 but the Word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the Word preached as gospel to you.
Devotion:
By the time you get to read this I hope that we shall have had some rain because the land around us is drying up pretty quickly. The grass is fading and the plants lacking as the dry weather continues to remain in East Anglia, UK; a reminder that everything in this world is so reliant on God to give and supply the appropriate weather. This is not to say that God is withholding water in an attempt to get us to do something but rather that we see just how much we do rely on God even though we say we don’t. It is not just the things that He gives to us personally but to the country around us too.
Nothing in this world is permanent because it is all under the will of God; and yet God promised us that there would continue to be seasons and that His Word would continue to be taught all round the world. Well, we still see the seasons come and go and we still fight the weather and our lack of power against the weather continues to be shown to us over and over again; yet man refuses to acknowledge that God is here and that He is in charge and not us!
We are about as secure as the grass in a field; we could be cut down at any second by some lunatic with a mower or we could simply wither and die because we fail to get our food from God. We need His daily supply of truth and we need His guidance so that we can walk in the right direction to avoid falling victim to the drought around us. God’s Word, the gospel, is given to us and we need to accept it daily so that we can be nurtured and kept from drying out and being blown away with the rest of the stubble! We do need His daily supply and we need to take it in; without it we are no more than grass in a dry field hoping for something that is not coming along!
Points to Ponder:
Do you think you could stand against fire?
Will you make sure you have your protection from God before it’s too late?