Reading your Bible for today March 24

March 24: Luke 21:1-4

KJV Key Verse: Luke 21:4
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had .

Devotion:
What's the first thing that pops into your head when you think about “giving your last one”? Perhaps that advert about a particular toffee chocolate... “Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?” Advertising is an industry where the people are paying others to come up with slogans, pictures and gags that will jog your memory enough to remember their products. If they show the resulting advert enough times, people then build up a strong association between that gag or saying and the product.

In our society, it seems to be all about advertising and “getting your view across” before others... It seems to be all about beating everyone else to the post to try and make your product more well-known than others so you get the bigger market share.

Well, the Bible has beaten them all! God's Word was written before any of us polluted our minds with the intricacies of advertising. But, just like those old adverts, people all round the world forget about what is written, forget about the guidance, forget about the real reason why we have the Easter Holidays.

If you wanted to know about the real reason why we have the holidays, you will have to search “under the stones” to find out, because God's Word has been buried by many years of advertising and corruption. People all round the world think of the global economy first thing in the morning rather than what God has in store for them today. People are sweeping God under the rug, hiding the real reasons because they don't fit in with what they want in their lives. Well, it's not about what we want, but what God wants. NOW is the time to think about who created you. Now is the time to think about who shed His blood for you. Now is the time to think about His love for you. Now is the time to reflect upon how much love you show Him....

Points to Ponder:
How close are/were you to being top of the class?

Why measure up to other people when God just wants you?