6 September: Isaiah 55:12-13
Key Verse: Isaiah 55:12
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Devotion:
I think one of the song we shall sing today in church will be centred around these words, not because this verse is what shall be read out, but because of the love it is centred around.
When we sow seeds of doubt, doubt grows around us. When we sow seeds of love, love grows around us. The stuff which comes out of our mouths will do more in the lives of the people around us than we first realise.
The more we begin to see just how our words affect others, the more we will start to think about the words we say and the actions we take. God wants us to stop and think before we say and do!
The closer we act to the life of Jesus, the more the people around us will think like the way we act and thus more like Jesus. We are not just disciples, we are his examples!
Points to ponder:
What was he last thing you talked about to the people around you?
Do you think it was what Jesus would have wanted to hear?