Tuesday 30 Aug 2022

August 30: Acts 7:11-14

Key Verse: Acts 7:12
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Devotion:
We are back online! Sorry for not being here and sharing God’s Word with you over the past few weeks but I have been in hospital where I had to undergo emergency gastric surgery to allow me to eat and drink again. I have been home for a few days already, but I had also promised I would not do any work until this week – the first things to pick up on is these devotionals and answering emails...

I had thought about writing things down before but seemed to have difficulty sitting still for long, especially at my desk to do the studying required. And one of the things I have found difficult to do is to ask for help from friends and family – until this session when things went very wrong for me. So when I read this chapter and read these words, the idea of asking for help and receiving more than you imagine resounded deep within me!

When Jacob and his family were struggling with a great famine in their land, they were getting desperate and did not know what to do at first. When they found out there was grain to be had in Egypt, Jacob sent his sons to go an see if they could obtain some grain. What they did not know was just who was in charge of the grain in Egypt… it was family, estranged, but family.

The love which binds us together as family means we are willing to go above and beyond to help each other out; but asking for that help can always be hard even when you are desperate. I’m truly blessed to have the family I have around me and have enjoyed their love, company and help. This is what we do as family, be it blood, relationship or church family, this is what we do – to love and support each other, always.

Points to Ponder:
Do you enjoy your family?

Will you thank God for them and ask for blessings on each of them today?