July 27: Psalm 7:3-5
 
Key Verse: Psalm 7:5
then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
 
Devotion:
What happens when things go against you and you don’t like what is happening to you? Typically we call out for help or we shut down – just two of the extremes we take when things go bad! But, when you know you have done wrong, are you willing to accept the consequences for what you have done wrong? I think the answer here is going to depend on what you think you have done wrong and also on what you think you are entitled to!
 
We do tend to have this puffed-up idea of what we are entitled to, and we expand on those entitlements when things start to go wrong – in other words, we expand on what we think we should be able to do without getting the blame... or, if we look at it another way, we blame others!
 
One of the easiest things to do is to blame someone when you see something going wrong in their life – why else would things go wrong unless they have done something wrong?!? Well, God doesn’t work like that. His love for us goes far and beyond what we have done wrong or what we are going to do wrong. He allowed Jesus to come to our aid before we did anything wrong – before we were even born!
 
But when we do things wrong, and we sin against God – what do we do about it. It takes a whole lot of courage to admit to your mistakes and a large dose of strength to accept you are at the centre of the problem! It takes a larger amount of strength to accept the consequences of our actions. God wants to be able to help us out whenever things go wrong – but He also wants us to be real and accept the fact we do get it wrong at times!
 
Points to Ponder:
Are you always right?
 
Who do you blame when you do something wrong?