Category Archives: Daily Devotionals

When you see God in the small stuff, your life becomes more meaningful.

We like to compare seeing God in the small stuff to looking at the stars. If you’ve never studied astronomy, you could look at the stars all night long and never know anything about them. The sight would be beautiful, but your appreciation would be limited. However, if you were to do a little study, get a star chart, and plunk yourself down with a telescope, those little points of light would take on a much more meaning and significance.

It’s the same thing with the small points of light in your life–the places where God is working. If you don’t make an effort to know God, if you don’t read the Bible regularly, if you don’t try to look at your circumstances more closely, you will miss out on the amazing things God is doing now and wants to do in the future.

May grace and peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:3

Jesus came to Earth in the past, and He is coming again in the future. Thank God for the first coming and get ready for the second.

The New Testament begins with the historical record of the first coming of Jesus to Earth, when God became a human and lived on Earth for a while. (One of the names of Jesus, Immanuel, means “God with us.”) The Bible ends with the fact that Jesus, God in the flesh, will return someday. Jesus came as a Savior the first time (the name Jesus means “Savior). When He comes again, he will be coming to reward and repay according to what people have done. And He will come unexpectedly.

All those who have accepted God’s plan of salvation through Jesus will receive the wonderful reward of eternal life in heaven. Those who have refused will receive the judgment they deserve. Are you ready for the “soon” return of Jesus?

“Yes, I am coming soon!” Revelation 22:20

It’s never a good idea to play the percentages with God, because God is right 100 percent of the time.

I think I know why God is the only One who knows when the world is going to end. He hasn’t set the date yet. The Bible says, “The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake” (2 Peter 3:9).

When you have patience, you wait for the right moment. I believe that God is waiting for the right moment to send Jesus back to Earth (ending the world as we know it). And that moment has a lot to do with people giving God their hearts. Of course, even God’s patience is going to run out at some point, which begs the question, “Why would anyone want to take a chance of being on the wrong side of God’s patience?”

That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time! Give me your hearts.” Joel 2:12

Living a life that pleases God doesn’t come automatically.

Living life so God sees Jesus in us requires something of us: obedience. Accepting Jesus and what he did for us on the cross puts us in God’s good graces (after all, we are saved by His grace), but it doesn’t automatically mean we’re going to live our lives the way God wants us to. God didn’t force you to accept Jesus, and He’s not going to force you to live like Jesus. But He is asking.

More than anything else, God wants us to imitate Jesus in our lives. he wants us to look at each situation we encounter and ask the question, “What would Jesus do? Professor Dallas Willard put it this way: “Live your life the way Jesus would live your life is He had your life to live.” The best way we know to do that is to know what Jesus said and did, and then go out and do it.

Follow God’s example in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. Ephesians 5:1-2