Wednesday, July 17, 2024
John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Imagine walking through a dark room. You’d probably feel uncomfortable, maybe even scared because there’d be no light to illuminate the space. But once the light is turned on, the darkness can’t linger, and neither can your fears. And that’s what happens when Jesus comes into your life. He removes the darkness and fear, then he replaces it with light and peace.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Psalm 37:5-6
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
How do those who fear the Lord respond to a world filled with wickedness? David chose to do it by committing his way to the Lord even during difficult circumstances. He believed that if he left everything in God’s capable hands, even an angry, vengeful king, that God would eventually make David’s righteousness shine for all to see.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Philippians 2:15
So that you may become blameless and pure children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.
When you look at the night sky in a rural area without light pollution, you can see so many stars burning brightly against the inky blackness. But did you know that’s what God says you look like when you walk according to His ways in this dark world? You end up illuminating it with a light that cannot be taken away because it doesn’t come from you…it comes from Jesus, the Light of the World.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Matthew 6:3-4
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that you giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Shhh. God wants you to give quietly. So quietly, in fact, when you give, He wants you to do it so that no one else knows what you’re doing…except Him! And when He sees you doing it, He will reward you for your willingness to give and to keep your gift a secret. It’s really the only secret worth keeping.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Luke 6:38
Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.
There’s a story about a college professor trying to teach students about the importance of generosity. To do it, he filled a jar with golf balls, small pebbles, sand, and finally he filled it with water. The jar was so full by the end, it was overflowing. And that is what it looks like in God’s kingdom when you give to others. He gives so much back to you that your jar ends up being full to overflowing. Being generous to others never returns back void.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Proverbs 21:26
Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give.
Everybody gives according to their faith. And since we all grow from faith to faith, from glory to glory, it will always be changing. Like when Jesus saw the widow at the synagogue, He said she gave the most, when monetarily, she gave the least. At that stage in her life, she had faith that God would provide everything she needed and that He didn’t need money to do it. The point: when you give, your faith grows.