July 9, 2025 – Build Up Or Break Down

Build Up Or Break Down

July 9, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Matthew 12:25
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     Arguments, yelling, screaming, fighting, and disagreements. What do these words bring to mind? Some might say home. “That is all it seems we do at home is fight.” Some could say work. “Every day is a battle at my workplace.” Some might say the world today. “There appears to be a war on every horizon.” Sadly, some might even say Church. “No one seems to agree, and there are cliques everywhere.”

 

     Jesus was pretty clear about the outcome of such situations. Any home, city, or kingdom divided against itself will not stand. Why? Because they are constantly figuring out how to pick at the people in their own group, instead of considering how they might help them. For anything to work well, there must be a foundation of agreement. In the home, the father should be the leader who leads the family to the Word of God for answers. At work, God’s Word says we are to submit to the authority over us and obey the rules they put in place. In the world, we need to point people to Christ, pray, and as much as possible live peaceably with others. In the church, God is the head. He will never lead people in two different ways. If there is a division in the church, one or both parties have taken their eyes off God and placed them back on self. Unfortunately, they have become much like the world they are trying to influence and have fallen into the trap of not seeking what God wants, but rather only what they may want.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     Divisions equal destruction. Destruction of the Christian life is what Satan wants most. God is about building a Christian Life. Satan is about destroying it. Believer, who do you want to be working with, Builder or destroyer?

 

How might you be a Builder with Jesus today?

 

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 9, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
2 Chronicles 26-28 / Psalm 10
Proverbs 10 / Matthew 13

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ezra 4-7 / Acts 11