Daily Devotional

Scripture 2 Chron 28:13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for we already have offended the LORD. You intend to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”

Observation: Sometimes we sin and instead of stopping we might think will I already sinned might as well just go on and finish. When we sin and realize it and don’t stop we had onto our sin and show God we don’t need to obey you. When you realize you’ve sinned that is the Holy Spirit convicting you of your actions and if you continue you are only feeding your sin and disobeying God. Unless you stop the sin you are committing and ask God for forgiveness your sin just multiplies and there will be a consequence to your actions.

Application: I do this exact thing. I justify my actions and when I realize that I’m sinning I try to downplay the sin, but I continue, making it worse. Sin doesn’t stay the same you either ask for forgiveness or you let it grow, I need to stop and ask God for forgiveness and repent, turn away from sinning. I need to get rid of these lustful thoughts and this laziness that prevents me from doing what I know is right to do, which is also sinning. This life needs to be dedicated to God at all times.

Prayer: My Lord I need your help to be better. I want to please you and be the man that will honor you, but I’m too busy honoring myself. Rid me of this evil and fill me with the Holy Spirit and give me the strength to do what honors you. I love you and want to please you my Lord.

Scripture 2 Chron 27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.

Observation: So often we go off doing our own thing without praying and asking God for direction. We act as if we know what we are doing and we do what we want. Then we wonder why things don’t go right and we even blame God at times for our trials. If we plan ahead and ask God for direction using His word to guide us even if we go through a trial we can see what God is showing us.

Application: I need to stop and wait on the Lord. I’m too anxious and go off halfcocked most of the time. I need to have more patience and not to act until God guides me on what direction to go. I’m here to fulfill a purpose that only God knows and I need to take it a step at a time always going in the direction God calls me to go. I want to finish well, but I have a difficult time each day. I need my Lord I can’t do it without Him.

Prayer: My Lord help me please hear your voice and direct me each day. Give me the strength and desire to live each day for you. Help me complete the task you have created me for and give me the patience I will need to wait on you.

Scripture 2 Chron 26:16 But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Observation: Uzziah reigned in Judah for 52 years. He did what was right in the Lord and the Lord protected him and allowed him to prosper. He got to the point where, that he forgot about God and thought it was all him. He disobeyed God and paid the price and all that he did with God is gone and he spent the rest of his life as a leper. That is why we go through trials to keep us weak and dependent on God, but when everything is going well we think we can do it without him and that is when we truly fail and a life time of blessings can become an instant curse because we forgot our first love.

Application: My mind is always going and I think way too much. I get confident in my abilities and think I can do things on my own and will take the credit for something that God allowed me to do. I need to stay dependent on my Lord and never get over confident of the gifts and abilities that God has given me, because they were given to me for God’s glory and not my own.

Prayer: My Lord humble your servant and be with me always. Apart from you I can do nothing, but I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Keep me close and show me how to always give you the glory, for you deserve all of my praise, worship and obedience. Help me finish well.

Scripture 2 Chron 25:9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

Observation: We are so worried about losing what we have in this world without considering what God is offering. God offers us eternal life with Him with a body that will last forever with no more pain or sorrow a life full of joy, but yet we are so concerned for what we have here. We are afraid to use or money to do God’s will, because we are afraid we won’t have enough for us, we worry about the time God has given us to the point we are afraid to use any for the purpose we were created for in the first place. We are so focused on the here and now we don’t see what God has planned for us, more than we could ever imagine or hope for.

Application: I’m part of the we. I worry about money and using my time for rest and to do things that I want to do instead of focusing on what God desires of me. My first priority should always be God and to trust that He will provide for me the way He desires. I need to say Proverbs 3:5, 6 each day until it rings true in my heart, trust in the Lord with all my heart, do not lean on my own understanding, but in all of my ways acknowledge Him and He will make my paths straight.

Prayer: My Lord I believe, help my unbelief. Give me the wisdom and strength to trust in you completely, knowing that you will take care of me the way you desire. I love and trust you my Lord guide me each day so I may be drawn nearer to you.

Scripture 2 Chron 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He also has forsaken you.’

Observation: America was founded by the word of God, but we have forsaken our Lord. This country has turned its back to God and has turned to sin, sexually immoral, denying God and trying to take Him and His word out of everything. I have no idea why God hasn’t forsaken us, why our enemies don’t destroy us, we have to admit we deserve it the way we have forsaken God in this country. Even many so called Christians have taken sides with this world instead of with God. I can’t believe that it will be too much longer before God decides enough is enough if we don’t turn from our evil ways.

Application: I need to be completely faithful to my Lord, which I’m not. What I look at, what I say or think must be honoring to my Lord. This precious time He has given me must be used for Him and not me. I need to do my part to help others see and receive our Lord. I’m here as a servant and I must serve my master and others in His name.

Prayer: My Lord forgive me for every time I turned my back on you and did what was displeasing to you. Help me be a better servant and please use me to fulfill the purpose you have created me for. Use my gifts and testimony for your glory.

Scripture 2 Chron 23:16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.

Observation: That is what we all should be, the Lord’s people. I look around and can see why the Lord wouldn’t want them. We have mocked our God and have become sexually immoral, liars, thieves, lovers of ourselves and all of the things Paul already has said and yet no matter who you are you can ask for forgiveness, repent and receive Jesus as Lord and have an eternal home with Him. We are the Lord’s people in as much as He has created each one of us, but we have that so called gift of choice and it seems as though fewer and fewer or choosing Jesus.

Application: I am part of the Lord’s people and I need to stand up for that to everyone. There should never be a doubt that I belong to the Lord and that I am His servant and creation. May I never reject my Lord, but always be an example of His love and mercy He has for everyone. I need to tell my story, how God reached into my darkness and pulled me out, I need to be doing what my Lord commands me to do with joy and love. I need to stop getting so caught up in this place and be focused on my eternal home where I will be spending all eternity with my Lord as His.

Prayer: My Heavenly Father help me please. I feel so lost at times here and just want to leave. Give me strength to serve you and others and be that example of being one of the Lord’s people. I need your strength and guidance to get me through each day, please point the way for your servant and help me finish this race in a way that will glorify you.

Scripture 2 Chron 22:7 His going to Joram was God’s occasion for Ahaziah’s downfall; for when he arrived, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

Observation: God watches us and takes opportunities to grow us and to do His will. He took the opportunity when I tried to overdose on the beach to change my life. He put people into my life and guided me to Him. Throughout my life God has taken different opportunities to draw me close to Him and to work out the plan He has for me. We need to be aware that things do happen for a reason and if we search for God in those occasions we will find Him.

Application: Stop complaining about different situations, but look for God and see if He is taking that occasion to change something in my life. Stay close to God in prayer so that I may discern His voice in my life and allow myself to be led by my Lord. Be where God wants me to be, serving Him and others in His name.

Prayer: My Lord take each occasion to grow me to be the man you want me to be. Help me finish well and direct me each day. Whether trial or blessing may I see your face and do what you desire me to do in glory and honor to your name.