Hi Everyone!
Forgive me for using the same picture two blog posts in a row, but it fit this SOAP devotional so well that I wanted to use it anyway. All of us are still in shock around here--those who had their homes destroyed, as well as those like me whose homes were not touched at all. It is shocking to drive around and see once familiar areas so totally wrecked. And to ask yourself what you could possibly do to help that would really truely make a difference--you just feel like there is nothing you can do.
But I remind myself that this earth truely is not our home--heaven is. Remember the verse about not laying up your treasure on earth? But to lay up your treasure in heaven where thieves do not break in and steal and rust does not decay? This is why. Things on this earth are not permanent. Only God's love for us never changes.
On that note, today's reading is Matthew 25. Grab your Bible and read the chapter--it's a good one!
Scripture:
Matthew 25:13 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Observation:
Jesus was talking here about watching for His second coming. He gave signs to watch for, and told his disciples to watch. And not to just watch once, but to KEEP watching.
Application:
As I have already written about on this blog, our area was included in the path of the tornadoes that came through last Wednesday night. Our own home was not touched at all--yet we have several friends that have lost everything--their houses flattened. Just as we had to watch the tornado warnings and head to the basement or other safe place, we also need to watch for Jesus' second coming with the same diligence. And it is even more important than watching for the tornadoes. It is not only our physical lives that are in danger, but our eternal lives.
Prayer:
Dear Father--Thank you for sparing lives from the storms in our area. Help those of us uneffected to see what we can do to lift other's burdens. May I always pray and watch for You. Grow our relationship stronger each day.
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