Daily Bible Reading - Sunday - August 15th

Sorry this is late, I’ve been having to be at work at 4am and once I get home I’m so tired from work and the heat I just about collapse in the recliner.  I’m gonna post this tonight and try and work on Monday’s post cuz we have to get up early and head out for a quick day trip to Tulsa, we’re taking Susan’s dad to his new place.  Thanks for all your prayers and support.

We see in Nehemiah the true faithfulness of God.  He gave them the fertile and prosperous land and their land was producing all kinds of harvests but they were disobeying God so He let them destroy themselves and things were not going their way.  But then they cried for God to help them and out of His mercy and grace He helped them and they were becoming prosperous once again.  But then again they turned away from God and were disobeying Him, doing their own thing so God let them destroy themselves once again.  Once again they cried out to God for help, He heard their cries and helped them again.  I think this went on and on.  This really spoke to me this today, showing me that no matter what we do we can turn to God and He will hear us, no matter how many times we have sinned against God He will hear us and be faithful to helping us out of our own sins.  Even if we turn our backs on God time after time, He will be faithful to forgive us, pick us up, dust us off and help us on our way.  If that isn’t love I don’t know what is.  We pretty much see the same thing in Corinthians of how faithful God is to us.  You know, God only wants the best for us but sometimes we just wont allow Him to give us His best but when WE have faith in God and are faithful to Him and His word, watch out because His blessing will flow like a river.

Today’s Reading

Nehemiah 9:22-10:39
1 Corinthians 9:19-10:13
Psalm 34:1-10
Proverbs 21:13

Daily Devotional

"If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be"
(1 Corinthians 12: 17-18, NIV)

In the New Testament, John was baptizing a crowd of people and drawing a lot of attention. Somebody came up and said, "John, are you the Christ or should we keep looking?" Without missing a beat John said, "No, I am not the Messiah."

See, John knew what he was, but he also knew what he was not. It's just as important to know what you're not because if you don't realize your limitations, you'll get drawn into areas that may look impressive and may feed your ego, but they are outside of your gifting and calling; outside of what God anointed you to do. Anytime you go outside of your limitations, it will be a constant struggle. Don't let that be you! Instead, stay focused on what you're good at. Follow peace in your heart and know your limitations because God has created you just the way He wants you to be!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Heavenly Father, thank You for loving me. Thank You for choosing me. I ask that You help me to know my limitations. Help me to know my place in the body of Christ so that I can bring glory and honor to You. In Jesus Name. Amen.