Saturday 5 Mar 2022

March 5: Isaiah 58:9-12

Key Verse: Isaiah 58:10
and if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Devotion:
When you think about helping others, what do you think about? Do you step forward and help someone because you know you can help them? Do you shy away from helping when you know you cannot do much or anything to help? If you see someone in need but they are on the other side of the country or world, do you give up and focus on something else?

I know these are hard questions to ask because we want to say we will help whatever the cost, but in reality we do shy away from many things in our lives because of the personal cost. I have stood up and gone to help people. I have walked away because it was too hard. But all the while I have been asking God to do what I cannot do. I know that is little consolation to those on the other side but this is life.

It is not God’s will that Ukraine should face such horrors at this time. It is the fault of an individual who has corrupted so much and so many. The person who is behind the evil is the one who is responsible, not God. God has promised to give us control of this world – this means we are responsible for what we do. The people who look away from God will only see the bad and the evil; they will work with what they see and live by those thoughts.

If we are willing to look to God and live by His word, then we will see a whole new world in which we can make a difference. When we step forward to do or say something, others will take notice and be encouraged by what we do. God is willing to guide us when we look to Him; His will is not to see us fall but to see us thrive. It is the will of the evil ones to do otherwise...

Points to Ponder:
Will you help to rebuild what has been broken down?

Will you show people God’s love through your actions?