February 24, 2025 – Being All That You Can Be!

Being All That You Can Be!

February 24, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 49:6-7
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    Wouldn’t it be nice to be rich and famous? Ok, maybe just rich. This seems to be the one goal of every American, young, and old. When you ask our youth today about what they would like to do with their life when they get out of school, you often get an answer like “I want to be this or that because they make lots of money!”

 

    Now please, do not misunderstand what I am trying to say. I am not against Christians earning a good living, and even becoming wealthy. That is if God would see that they were going to be a good steward of His blessings of wealth in their lives. I do not find in Scripture that being wealthy is a sin. The problem occurs when the pursuit of this wealth, or things becomes our life goal and this ambition then overshadows everything else we do. When this happens, we have put another god before the one true God. That new god is wealth or possessions.

 

    I would love to hear a young person someday say, “I want to be this or that because I know this is what God has gifted me to do, and I am sure it will bring glory to Him.” In addition, when asked, “What about the money?” They might reply with, “That’s up to God.”

  

  

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

    You see, if you are a Christian, it is really up to God anyway. You will never be completely successful until you yield it all to Him. You can run and dabble and play in the world. Nevertheless, if you are a child of God, real success only comes after real yielding to Him. Let me borrow a well-known slogan for a second. “Be All That You Can Be.” Then if you will allow it, let me add this, “And all that God intended for you to be.”

 

When considering your ambitions in life,
do you take God’s ambitions for you into consideration?

 

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:  February 24, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Leviticus 15, 16 – Psalm 49
Proverbs 23-24 – Luke 15 – 17

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Genesis 1-2  /  Matthew 1