That is why we keep on talking to God about you since the day we heard about you. We ask him that you may know everything he wants you to do. We ask him that you may be very wise and that the Spirit will help you to understand.
We ask him that you will live the way the Lord wants you to live, so that you will please him in everything you do. We ask that you will do everything that is good. We ask that you will see the fruit from what you do. We ask that you will know more and more about God. God has wonderful power. And we ask him to give you all the strength you need to go through all your troubles, to be very patient in them, and to be happy. Thank the Father who has made us ready to be with the people of God who live in his light. (WE)
Colossians 1:9-12
| DAY 11—We learn to give to others when we have not enough to live on ourselves. |
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As we are growing into maturity in the family of God, we are learning what it means to give our allegiance to God’s Kingdom. The tests continue coming our way. We are even learning to give when we have not enough to meet our own needs. Sometimes being obedient to the Lord means giving to those we suppose have more than we have for ourselves. But, we don’t always know the facts. Obedience is far better than setting up an argument with the Lord.
The tests, they continue coming. The prayers, they don’t seem to be reaching the ears of the Lord. The complaints, they do their best to rise up within us. But the occasions that don’t seem to be right even when we are living in obedience are proving time and again that the faithfulness of God continues. Our God abides faithful to the sons and daughters adopted into His household. What a redemption is ours, brought into being through the only begotten Son of God! The lessons that keep coming to us are preparing us to live in the world as the children of God’s Kingdom.
The time is coming soon upon us when we shall be pressed into situations far more hopeless than any we have known. It is of the Lord’s mercies that the continuing tests are becoming increasingly difficult. Through them we are being pressed into living by the faith of the Son of God. The days are coming when there might be nothing before us to eat, nor any hope from any visible source. Yet, as we continue believing God’s Word, and as we learn to put complaining away, we continue seeing His amazing faithfulness.
FATHER, I see these people who don’t have anything. Neither do we seem to have anything. Oh, but we do! We have the faith You have given us to take us through this trial. So, please help us give joyfully of what we are finding here and there, out of the things we didn’t think we had.
God’s tender mercies and loving kindness never fail. —Psalm 25:1-5
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