Thursday Reading: Ephesians 2 1-3
Key Verse: Ephesians 2 3
3 among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Devotion:
Have you ever thought that someone else did not have the right to tell you what was wrong with what you were doing? Well do they or don’t they? We often think of our parents in the light in which we now see them now or in other words we see them for what they are now and not what they used to be. I know that there are still things that I continue to find out about my parents and their lives before I was around and I’m sure that my children do not know my full story yet
But as we continue to grow and live we learn more about the world around us and about God as well.
Before I became a Christian I was all over the place and I was very easily led away to do things which I would not dream of now. Just as I was able to fall into many temptations back then, you may well be falling into temptations and our parents were also guilty of a similar fate. Does this then give us the right to tell others what they are doing wrong? No. But it certainly gives us the experience to allow us to tell others of what we did wrong and hopefully show them that if they continue they will get into the same trouble as we did. Just because we are separated by a generation from our children and our parents does not mean that they are not going to be faced with similar issues. God allows things in our lives so that we can use those experiences to guide other people – and that we should be doing!
Christ is the one who has saved us from our sins. Christ is the only righteous one who is able to judge us but we are His people need to be able to share our experiences with others so that they will not fall into the same problems and traps that we did. It is not interfering when we are trying to save others from the same pitfalls as we once had – it is called love.
Points to Ponder:
Do you think your life is unique?
How many times has God seen people do what you do?
Key Verse: Ephesians 2 3
3 among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Devotion:
Have you ever thought that someone else did not have the right to tell you what was wrong with what you were doing? Well do they or don’t they? We often think of our parents in the light in which we now see them now or in other words we see them for what they are now and not what they used to be. I know that there are still things that I continue to find out about my parents and their lives before I was around and I’m sure that my children do not know my full story yet
But as we continue to grow and live we learn more about the world around us and about God as well.Before I became a Christian I was all over the place and I was very easily led away to do things which I would not dream of now. Just as I was able to fall into many temptations back then, you may well be falling into temptations and our parents were also guilty of a similar fate. Does this then give us the right to tell others what they are doing wrong? No. But it certainly gives us the experience to allow us to tell others of what we did wrong and hopefully show them that if they continue they will get into the same trouble as we did. Just because we are separated by a generation from our children and our parents does not mean that they are not going to be faced with similar issues. God allows things in our lives so that we can use those experiences to guide other people – and that we should be doing!
Christ is the one who has saved us from our sins. Christ is the only righteous one who is able to judge us but we are His people need to be able to share our experiences with others so that they will not fall into the same problems and traps that we did. It is not interfering when we are trying to save others from the same pitfalls as we once had – it is called love.
Points to Ponder:
Do you think your life is unique?
How many times has God seen people do what you do?