Daily Devotion Marc 21

March 21: 1 John 2:12-14

KJV Key Verse: 1 John 2:13
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

Devotion:
Where do you think you are in your spiritual state with God? This is something I think about now and again but something I try not to dwell on because it can get you down instead of lifting you up. Just as we look back on the things we have done wrong in our lives and can get depressed, we can look back on the things we have not done for God and get depressed about them too. That is not what God wants of us!

We are told that the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, gentleness, kindness, self-control and a couple of others I can’t think of at the moment. None of these are sad and depressing. God wants the best for us and He tries to allow us to experience the best in our lives; but if we are going to dwell on the things that go wrong instead of the positive side because of all He has already done, then we will miss out on the fruits of the spirit.

God has given us His Word so we can find out the positive side of us being in a relationship with Him. The words in our Bibles have been written down for all generations to be able to see how special God is and how much He wants us to be able to enjoy life with Him. He has given us all the encouragement we should need in the scriptures and promises of so much in the Gospel.

The one thing that we need to remember is that God is the one who has made this relationship possible. Christ came to earth as a human being so that He could personally take on our sin debt; that means He wanted to come and take the blame for all the things we have done wrong so we would not have to feel bad about them. What we should aim for is to turn our lives round so we do not revisit any of those things we did wrong. Live a new life with Christ.

Points to Ponder:
Do you dwell on your sins?

Will you live with Christ?