I Do Not Deserve This
July 31, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     “Why is this happening to me? I do not deserve this!” We have all heard someone make comments like this and possibly have said them ourselves. However, if the truth were known, we would deserve everything we get and a lot more. Only the grace of God keeps us from getting what we really deserve. All the things that happen between people here on this earth that make us feel as though someone has done us wrong or sinned against us. When in reality it was a sin against God, not us. Think for a second, how could they sin against us? We are not gods, nor are we sinless or perfect. Others may commit a sin that includes us, and it may be offensive. However, people cannot sin against one another. All our sins are sins against a Holy God.

 

     Our little white lies to one another are an insult to who God is. He is the truth. Our unconcern for others daily is a slap in the face of a God who commended His perfect love toward us, even when we were unsaved. Our unbelief in the power and abilities of an almighty God is like telling Him we do not believe He can fix our problems. Our lack of communication with Him daily through fervent prayer and Bible reading is hurtful to Him since we go around telling others He is our best friend.

 

     If we were treated as we treat God, we would lose our patience with people like us. Nevertheless, the grace of God toward His children seems never-ending. In all reality, we actually get what we DO NOT deserve. Oh, how glad I am for that.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     We should take a moment and thank God for his undying love and patience with the imperfect life we live. Those who have believed in Jesus as their Saviour will never get what they really deserve. Oh, how I love Jesus because He first LOVED ME.

 

If you received in life what you really deserve,
how might your life be different?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  July 31, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
2 Kings 15, 16 / Psalm 28
Proverbs 31 / Mark 8

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Job 35-38 / Acts 25

 

Just Keep Looking Over Your Shoulder

July 28, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     Most of us who are old enough to drive are familiar with the feeling we get when driving down the highway, not paying attention to our speed, and then we see a police car pass us on the other side of the interstate. Immediately, we check our speedometer to see if we are going over the speed limit. If so, our next glance is in the rear-view mirror to see if the police car has turned around and is now coming to get us. However, you realize that you have gone too far to be able to see. So, for the next 5 miles or so you keep glancing back, just to see if they were coming. After a while, you finally relax, realizing there has been no one following you after all.

 

     That is one example of what it is like to live a sinful life. Always wondering, “Am I going to be caught?” Looking over your shoulder to see who is watching or who may have heard what you said. Always wondering if the lie you told yesterday is going to catch up with you today. Always running and never being able to get away from the constant uneasy guilt. Knowing in your heart, one day it will all catch up with you.

 

     Even if the world never catches you, God is always watching and sees every sin. Romans 6:23 says, “the wages of sin is death.”

 

     Death comes to every person eventually. In Heb 9:27 it says, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” On that day, it will be one day too late. On that day, the wages of sin are more than just physical death, it will be eternal death. An eternal separation from God.

 

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     Oh, how wonderful and freeing it is to know that when I took my sin to the cross of Calvary, Jesus paid the price for them all. They are all washed away. No more looking over my shoulder, no more wondering about my life. The life I live, I now live for Him.

 

What might you thank Jesus for taking to the cross from your past?

 

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  July 28, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
2 Kings 8-10 – Psalm 25
Proverbs 27-28 – Mark 4-5

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Job 26-29 / Acts 22