Daily Devotional – 10/13/11 “What if God .. “

 I can’t speak for you but I’m shonuff glad God doesn’t bless us based on our works for him!  Most of us would be complainers, whiners, backstabbers, enemies of our brother & sisters, gossipers – WAIT, we do that now don’t we?  We ride with our bibles in the car but can’t give someone a ride because they may get dirt in our car.  We shout with the best of them on Sunday morning & then curse out momma on Sunday evening.  We can speak scriptures better than anybody and gossip about the Pastor in the same breath!  Chile, God won’t bless OUR mess.

If God blessed us based on how we serve him, most of us would be tore up from the floor up!  We stay out all night on Saturday drinking & dancing and then roll our eyes when church runs over a little.  We stand at altar call with our eyes closed because we are tired instead of praying.  You sit back and text all during service and then wonder why you’re not understanding God’s word.  You ask the Pastor to anoint your head with oil because of the pain in your body and then say that he has no power when the pain won’t leave.  Chile, there is no power in the oil, the power is in your faith!  The pastor can pray over your body day after day but if you don’t have the faith and belief that you can be healed, healing won’t come.  Mark 9:23 states, ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”

If God blessed us based on how we treat others, most of us wouldn’t have a pot to _________ in and a window to throw it out of.  You disrespect your parents when God commands us to honor thy father and mother (Ephesians 6:2) and then wonder why we are constantly robbing Peter to pay Paul.  You keep wishing bad for and lying on your coworker because you’re jealous of their blessings and then wonder why you can’t be promoted when Exodus 20:16 states, “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”  You keep wishing sickness on your brother but then wonder why you can’t get relief for your migraines. Job 4:8 states, “My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.”

You’ve got to know that God won’t bless you in your mess.  At some point in time you’ve got to get up out of your pity party and do for yourself.  You can’t be mad at your sister because she won’t keep taking from her family to give to you when you are able to work.  You can’t keep saying that daddy hasn’t done anything for me when you’re still living under his roof and paying no bills.  You can’t keep being mad at your spouse when they say something about your friends being at the house everyday eating up the food you’ve worked hard to get for your family.  Stop wallowing in could haves or should haves.  The past is the past.  Today is the present and should not be taken for granted.  With cancer affecting more families and death claiming more family members it’s time now to get to know the Lord. 

It makes no sense to buy a plane ticket with no destination.  It’s the same with dying.  It’s crazy for you to live in Hell all your life and then die and go to Hell when God has promised you a life in paradise, if you choose him.  Get your ticket and make sure it has been stamped with the right destination because waiting until the last minute may prove to be an ultimate mistake.  You would hate to get to the gates and then can’t pass through the metal detectors because you’re carrying the wrong stuff.  Let go and let God!