June 13, 2024 – One Of God’s Greatest Works

One Of God’s Greatest Works
June 13, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 14:30-32
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Acting out a part in a play or being an actor or actress in a movie sounds like such fun. You get to pretend as if you’re someone else for a while, not the person you really are.

    Back in high school, I had the opportunity to take part in several plays the school put on. I played the part of Lancelot in the play “Camelot,” and I also played the part of the Gentleman Caller in the play “The Glass Menagerie.” These were two distinctly different roles in two different times. It was great fun being those characters for a while. However, when the curtain was drawn closed, so was the acting of those characters’ lives.

    Some people go through their entire lives pretending to be someone or something they are not. They live day-to-day trying to emulate someone else they admire, dressing like them, walking like them, talking like them, and just trying to be them. Sadly, sometimes these individuals become so lost in this fantasy life that they forget who they really are and end up not knowing themselves anymore.

    Envy can cause a person to be and do many things they never thought possible in their life. Some people become ruthless and cruel to others, thinking somehow this will help them get ahead, while others become doormats for people to stomp on, believing that’s what’s desired by others to be liked.

    While it’s true that God has placed people in your life who will often help shape your beliefs and character, He never intended for you to become those people. Be yourself. You, dear friend, are one of God’s greatest creations, made to do wonderful things for Him just as you are. You need to be YOU!

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    Look around you and ask yourself, “Who am I? Who is it that God intended me to be?” God created you as a special and unique individual. Don’t let the envy of others rob this world of the special creation you are in Christ. Be yourself and be His!

What is it that God inteneded you to be?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: June 13, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
  Job 22-25
  Proverbs 14:30-32

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  1 Chron. 8-9
  John 18:1-18