Your Daily Crossroad
12
Apr '22
He Loves You Completely
12
Apr '22
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. (1 Peter 1:8)
Sometimes we get down on ourselves thinking we don’t have mature faith.
Loving God and professing Christ are profound acts of faith impossible to explain to those who don’t know Him.
Loving God grows in intensity as we begin to see Him in everything we experience and encounter His presence through the Holy Spirit.
God knew and loved us completely before we were born.
We will never be able to surprise God or “blow it” with Him.
TODAY: God, You moved heaven and earth for me and ultimately revealed yourself through Jesus. I celebrate and receive all you do to be close to me.
O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. (Psalm 139:1-4)
When I read this devotion I felt someone needed to be reminded of this as much as I did. I pray you remember Psalm 139 each and every day. He loves us completely, oh hallelujah!
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!
07
Apr '22
His Grace is Sufficient
07
Apr '22
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Is God calling you to do something for Him?
Do you feel like someone else is better qualified?
If you do, then you might just be in the perfect place.
Repeatedly in the Bible, God uses ordinary people to accomplish great things.
Each of us has strengths and each of us has weaknesses.
However, God uses us despite our weaknesses and quite often because of them.
He takes our insecurities and blind spots and fills us with His strength so that His glory can be known to others. With His help, we become effective despite our limitations.
The Bible tells us that , “we can do all things, through Christ who strengthens us.” (Philippians 4:13-14).
So what are you waiting for?
When God calls you to a job, He will equip you with the resources to accomplish it. He loves you so much that He called you to this special task.
He will get the job done, with or without you. But… He loves you enough to include you on his team.
Jump in the game! You will be glad you did and you can trust God to give you everything you need to accomplish the task at hand.
When I read this devotion I was reminded of a powerful quote. “God doesn’t call the equipped, God equips the called”. Every single time, trust Him, He will teach you how to fly if you allow him too.
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!
05
Apr '22
God is Love
05
Apr '22
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1 John 4:8)
Do you have trouble trusting God due to the actions or hurt others have caused you? Take heart!
God’s love is perfect.
His character is unchanging, ever-lasting, and trustworthy.
He is the God of love.
His perfect love drives out fear. Why is that? Because God’s love for you does not change.
No matter how good you are or what sins you have committed, He sees you through the eyes of forgiveness.
You cannot earn His love. It isn’t based on your worthiness.
Instead, it is rooted in who He is. He is always reliable. Always loving and forever just.
As you begin this day, ask God to reveal His loving goodness to you.
Trust Him that He is who He says He is.
He is the God of love.
When I read this devotion I was touched by it. I pray it jumps off this screen and shouts, or for some, a quiet whisper, He is who He says He is! Hallelujah! He is the God of love. Period!
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!
31
Mar '22
Put It Away
31
Mar '22
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. (1 Peter 2:1-3)
When babies are hungry, everyone around knows it! They will do everything they can to get what their bodies need.
This is the pattern Peter says we should follow.
Now, what will happen when we do?
Peter writes there are five things believers should “put away.”
Have You Put It Away?
So let’s check ourselves today in each of these activities.
#1. Malice is “the intention or desire to do evil.”
Do you desire to cause hurt or pain to someone else? Are you holding on to hatred or unforgiveness? Are you making plans to get revenge or attack another person?
Malice has no place in our pursuit of the ‘pure spiritual milk.’
#2. Deceit is “the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.”
Do you have a habit of lying, secrecy, or hiding sinful behaviors? Do you lie at work, in your marriage, or in your small groups?
Deceit is a cancer that rots away your spiritual and emotional bones.
#3. Hypocrisy is “the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform.
Is your public life the same as your private life? What moral standards do you really live by—rather merely profess?
The word hypocrite comes from the Greek, hypokrites, meaning an actor. These actors wore masks to play their roles. Are you hiding behind a mask while leading a different life?
#4. Envy is “a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck.”
Do you look at other peoples’ possessions, wishing deeply that they were yours? Are your thoughts marked by lust for someone else’s spouse? Do you burn with envy rather than shine with contentment?
Envy, also known as covetousness in the tenth commandment (Ex. 20:17), drives us to value possessions over people.
#5. Slander is “making false and damaging statements about someone.”
Do you lie about people to make yourself look good? Do you embellish stories about them behind their back? Are you wounding their reputation for personal gain?
Slander can destroy someone’s life. It has no place in the mouth of a Christian. We are to be speakers of life.
If you’re engaged in any of these five actions, take this wonderful opportunity to put them a way today!
Is the Lord so good that your pursuit of him resembles a baby desperate for milk?
This devotion blessed me so much. I pray you are challenged to take the time to pause and ask yourself, am I engaged in any of these five actions. If the answer is yes, as todays devotion says, “take this wonderful opportunity to put them a way today”!
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!