Thursday3 October 2013 Reading: Luke 12:29-34 Key Verse: Luke 12:34 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Devotion: How many times have you got up in the morning and wondered “what am I going to wear today?” I have never had a big wardrobe but I know that I have been there! How insignificant it seems when you look back on life and see the much bigger things that we should be worrying about in comparison to those moments of doubt or madness. When Christ was talking to the disciples He was encouraging them not to keep focus on the physical things around them but rather to look forward to the things that are more important – how we are going to spend eternity. If we were to worry about a single second in our lives instead of looking at the whole week, year or decade we would not get very far in our lives. Instead we tend to focus on the future and what we can do to make things better. When we consider our lives with God we should not be limiting our thoughts to the here and now but focusing on the eternity with God. Whilst we may not be able to think of times spans that have no ending, we can focus on our spiritual lives instead of our physical lives. Our physical lives are the lives that have a beginning and an end; when we are born and when we die. Our lives with Christ, our spiritual lives, must then be viewed as when we are reborn with Him (when we accept Him as our One True Saviour) and forever more (which is a concept we probably will struggle with). If it is going to help you to focus on God then think of your life for the next 1000 years with Him instead of it being as without end. If we are going to limit our thoughts to our physical lives then we are going to keep focusing on our physical lives instead of our spiritual lives. If we are able to release those limitations and focus on what we can look forward to with Christ or what we can achieve with Christ, then our lives will change to being more fulfilling as we embrace all of the guidance and blessings that God can send our way. Why should we limit our thoughts to our physical lives when we can build up so much more for our eternal lives with Christ. Put it in your heart to aim for a full life with Christ! Points to Ponder: Are you limiting your potential? Are you limiting God’s scope?
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:59:01 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015