Your Daily Crossroad
14
Sep '21
Do Unto Others
14
Sep '21
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. (Matthew 7:12)
God, change my heart and align it with Yours. In every situation, help me to think about how to consider others as better than myself. Help me, Lord, to look out not only for my own interests – but also for the interests of others. At all times, let me display Your love to the people around me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!
09
Sep '21
The Depth of God’s Love
09
Sep '21
I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psalms 18:1-2)
The Lord is the defender of your heart.
When David wrote this Psalm, it was a song of victory and breakthrough.
In fact, this poem appears twice in the Bible due to how important it is. (You can also find it in 2 Samuel 22.)
As a beloved child of God, He is your defender. What does it mean to defend? Well, to defend has numerous meanings… some are: “to cover,” “to surround,” “to guard,” “to safeguard”, “to secure”, “to cushion,” “advocate”, “plead”, and “to protect.”
In your relationship with God, He is all of these things for you!
Because of God’s extravagant love for you, He is VERY protective of you.
Think about some of your loved ones for a moment. If you saw one of your friends or family members being attacked or hurt in anyway, you would naturally jump to help them, right?
God is the same way with us.
When we look at this verse, some people think of God being their protection just in the physical sense. While that is true, He is our defender in so many other ways as well.
He is also our defender from ourselves.
For example, have you ever bad-mouthed yourself, beaten yourself up with insults, and then felt convicted about it later?
Well, that’s the Holy Spirit trying to defend you!
Or maybe the Lord spoke through a family member or friend to stop you from talking bad about yourself.
The Lord does all of these things because you are His child and He loves you.
Rejoice in the depths of God’s love for you. As your best friend, you can count on Him to have your back!
“Heavenly Father, thank you for being the defender of my heart and for saving me, even from myself. I love you Lord, and I choose to sing your songs of victory as I am confident in you as my refuge! Amen.”
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!
08
Sep '21
He Knew Thee
08
Sep '21
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee . . .(Jeremiah 1:5)
Grasp the significance of this verse today!
When God spoke to Jeremiah here, He was informing Him of his calling.
Before Jeremiah was even born, God had pre-arranged that he would be a prophet of the nations.
God created Jeremiah to be set apart.
God has done the same for you.
You have been hand-picked and given a divine purpose for here on earth.
Before you were even born into this world, you were on the mind of your Heavenly Father.
Regardless of how your birth came to be, you are no accident.
You have a unique role and specific assignments only YOU can carry out.
Before you were even one day old, God’s plan for your life was already recorded in His book.
Scripture affirms this. Psalm 139:16 says,
“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”
Out of all of humanity, there is not one person exactly like you. God created each of us unique on purpose.
Nobody has your same DNA, exact personality, voice or assignment that you have.
God wired you with specific dreams, desires and longings that align with His will so you can be a vessel to expand His kingdom here on earth!
Ask yourself today, “Am I living out my calling with confidence and boldness?”
Because just like Jeremiah, God has set you apart and given you a wonderful purpose!
“Heavenly Father, thank you for helping me to walk in boldness for the calling you’ve assigned to me. I want to serve you with humility and grace. Amen.”
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord
02
Sep '21
Become Better
02
Sep '21
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:4)
Samwise Gamgee, the real hero in the Lord of the Rings saga, wakes to find his friends surrounding him, and he exclaims:
“Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead! Is everything sad going to come untrue?”
The answer is yes. Everything sad is going to come untrue. All evil is going to be undone.
God is not simply going to dull the pain. God is not going to cover up the pain. God is not going to soothe us or offset our pain. No, every bad thing you have ever experienced will be transmuted into greater joy.
Every problem. Every wrong. Every evil is going to be undone…not simply covered up, but undone.
Somehow, everything is going to become better because it wasn’t right.
Somehow, our suffering and brokenness will make the renewal of all things more glorious.
Tim Keller once said, “God knows and feels what we do. He too wants to see it rewound and replayed differently. He has known grief and sadness, He has wept, He has suffered, He too has died. And because of this, because of a God who came to dwell with us, was broken, died and then rose again whole and holy, we are assured, in His time, everything sad is going to come untrue.”
Take heart in knowing that God knows your pain. He knows your suffering.
The day may be dark, but light is coming. We may be in the midst of a storm, but new and better seas are ahead.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new. Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true” (Revelation 21: 4-5).
One day our tears, grief, and pain will be nonexistent— not even a memory. It will be a new day, a better day. May it quickly come!
Your prayer this morning, “Lord, I believe everything sad is going to come untrue. Hold me fast until that day.”
Have a beautiful and uplifting day in The Lord!