Thursday 9 Sep 2021

September 9: Galatians 3:1-6
 
Key Verse: Galatians 3:3
Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
 
Devotion:
How many times have you started doing a job one way, only to finish it off another way because it was getting hard or you just wanted the easy way out? I can think of a few projects I have been involved with where corners were cut and the product came out not being what was ordered in the beginning!
 
Christ came to demonstrate once and for all He needs us to have faith in what He has done for us. This means not just believing it, but continuing to believe it and to depend on it! It's no use saying we believe only to change our minds when the rules look a bit easier to follow on the other side of the fence! What faith is that!
 
We believe so we can have Christ's gift. We trust so we can depend on His promises. We obey so we can be sure we are doing the right thing. If we give in and follow the 'good old ways' then we are saying to Christ we don't think what He did was enough! I really don't think any of us would dare say that to His face – so why say it behind His back... It's not really behind His back because He sees what we do anyway!
 
All the people from the Old Testament did believe! Their righteousness was because of their belief and not because they managed to sacrifice the right animal at the right time! Without their belief, they would not have deemed it necessary to follow the rules give to them by God through Moses. Our belief is what counts. Don't make it count for nothing!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
 
Will you continue to trust and obey Him?