Friday 9 Jun 2023

June 9: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Key Verse: 1 Peter 4:10
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

Devotion:
None of us know the appointed time when Christ will return to take us home. None of us know when a natural disaster will strike. We have a fantastic scientific community around the world who work hard to try and predict various natural disasters and many have come close to or actually succeed in warning people something is about to happen. Christians around the world have been trying to warn people Christ is going to return; and we admit we do not know the time, which may lessen the impact of what we warn people about.

If we could know the time then we could give people a definite warning of a date and time which would make a big difference to how people see us… So what are we supposed to do instead of giving the exact date and time of Christ’s return to warn people of the impending event?

Christ’s command is quite clear. We have to love one another. One of the best ways to show love to others is through doing things for them. God has created each of us different from others, so each of us may have skills others do not have. If we can use our skills to show people we care about them – that is fulfilling Christ’s wishes!

When we speak to others we should be speaking in ways which support God’s Word. We should not be speaking against God and not upholding things which work against God’s Word. We need to do whatever we can up promote the bible and its content because it is God’s Word which has the best chance of convincing others of Christ’s return!

Points to Ponder:
How do you like to persuade people you know what you are talking about?

Will you support God’s Word?