Daily Devotion July 19

July 19: Exodus 15:22-27

KJV Key Verse: Exodus 15:26
26 And said , If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Devotion:
If there are any times in our lives when we think we are hard done by, then we need to go back and ready a few chapters from Exodus as it described the journey of The Children of Israel out of Egypt. They seemed to go through so much and for so long, and yet they tried hard to not be side-tracked by their own desires...

We may think that we desperately need things in our lives when they are not actually required. We may think that we are hard done by because we don't have certain things. But how many times have you sat down and thought about just how much God has supplied for you when you really needed it? How many times has there been that silent hand of protection over you when everything else seems to be falling apart? How many times can you look back in your life and think “someone must have been helping me through that”?

God listen to each one of our prayers, the same as He does to the prayers of great leaders like Moses. He answers our prayers when they need to be answered. He answers them when we understand that it is Him that is answering them and not ourselves or others. He answers them because He has promised to do so and continues to keep each and every promise through His love for us.

No matter how much we stray away from Him, His love for us does not change. No matter how many things we do wrong, His love does not fade. He may well get cross with us for not listening, but His love does not alter. When we need something, He is waiting for give it to us. When we acknowledge that He is our God, He is happy to give it to us. When we worship Him, He gives us more than we expect. This can only be because of His non-fading love for us and not because we have done something right!

Points to Ponder:
Do your friends let you down?

Are you letting God down?