Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture Exodus 34: [6] And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

Observation: When I began to know my Lord and Savior I realized how loving He is. I look at this terrible world we created and it reminds me that He is slow to anger, The compassion He has shown me and the testimony of others that reveal this awesome God who loves us unconditionally. He never gives up on us, even when we give up on Him. He is always faithful and He will never leave us. His love is something we won’t see on this earth and it’s something we will never fully understand.

Application: I need to give God all the honor and praise He deserves. My only purpose is to serve Him and He asks me to serve others in His name. Realize no matter what He is with me and will guides me if I’ll let Him. No matter what might happen in my life I need to hold firm to His love, for there is nothing greater.

Prayer: My Lord, my God and my Master. I’m here to serve as you call me. May I receive your love even if I don’t fully understand and I ask you to increase my faith that I will always trust you in every situation. I love you and need you in my life.

Scripture Exodus 33:17 And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

Observation: God answers so many of my prayers, but is He pleased with me? I have my moments when I feel I have honored God with the gifts He has given me, but most of the time I’m distant and involved in the world I can’t be pleasing to Him. I know my Lord knows me and He watches over me and that He loves me. His love is something I will never understand and instead of trying I need to except it with humble gratitude and obedience.

Application: The way I can please God is by being obedient to all He calls me to do and be the man He wants me to be. He has given me commands and rules to follow that will please Him and I need to obey each one. I need to do things to please Him and not others or myself. I want God’s blessings, but most of all I want God’s approval. As Moses spoke to God as a friend would talk to a friend, that is the relationship I want with my Savior that I will respect Him, love and trust Him with all of my heart and know His desires so that I may fulfill them in what life I have left.

Prayer: Dear Lord I do love you, but unlike your love mine has limits. Give me a true loving spirit that I will love you unconditionally and put you first in everything I do, think and say. I’m yours and may I never forget all you have done for me.

Scripture Exodus 32: [8] They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, `These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’

Observation: How easy it is to turn away from God to the gods of this world. We are surrounded by so much evil in this world and turn to the god of money, success, lust and popularity and forget what God has told us. He tells us to love one another and put the needs of others above our own, but how many of us do that? Each day we are left with a choice are we going to follow God or the gods of this world?

Application: I get so easily sucked in to the things and sin of this world. When I try to focus on God and get into His word, my mind wanders. I need to be more focused on God and what He wants of me and to remember I’m only here for a short while before it is time to go home to my Father. I need to stay focused on my true home and not this temporary place that I dwell.

Prayer: My Father I want to be obedient to you and please you with the life I live, but I need you. I’m weak and easily distracted, help me stay focused on you and your desires for my life. Time here is getting short and I do want to earn rewards so that I have something to bring home to you.

Scripture Exodus 31: [6] Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given skill to all the craftsmen to make everything I have commanded you:

Observation: When God calls us out to do something for Him, He makes sure we have everything we need. He’ll supply the resources and people that it will take to accomplish His desire. I’ve seen this so many times as I would step out to do different outreaches. Money comes when it is needed. He brings the people that have the gifts and talents to do the job right and He’ll bring the people that need to be served. He will also give us the heart to touch others and say the right thing.

Application: I need to increase my faith so I will just step out in faith and not analyze every little thing. If I know God has called me to do it I need to depend on Him to bring me the things that are needed to accomplish the task. God doesn’t need me, but is willing to use me if I will let Him and even though God does the work if I step out He always blesses me.

Prayer: My Lord increase my faith that I will trust you completely. You are so faithful and worthy of all of my love praise and worship, help me live the rest of this life so that you are pleased.

Scripture Exodus 30: [6] Put the altar in front of the curtain that is before the ark of the Testimony–before the atonement cover that is over the Testimony–where I will meet with you.

Observation: Where has God met you. I know in my life God has met me in different places. I know when I was so desperate and confused God met me in my room to comfort me. He took the time to explain what was happening to me and why. He has met me so many times when I served and did outreaches. He hugged me at the end of an event and I felt Him being proud of me. He meets me when I’m low or high and if I’m patient He will tell me what to do next.

Application: God is with me right now as I write this journal. The Holy Spirit is guiding my fingers on the keyboard and putting thoughts in my head. His word tells me He will never forsake me and that He is always with me. I need to have the confidence in that no matter what God will meet me whether to comfort me or to direct me.

Prayer: Oh dear Lord, I thank you for being there for me and meeting me in times of sorrow and joy. May I always know that you are with me and I live my life knowing you are watching. Help me glorify your name in all that I do.

Scripture Exodus 29: [46] They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

Observation: A couple of things in this scripture the first do I know that He is the Lord my God? He is the master of my life, my creator and if I say He is, do I live my life that way? Do I realize He has brought me through this life. There is no reason I should be alive and to be so blessed, something I don’t deserve. Do I know that He dwells with me, that He is always there? There is nothing that my Lord doesn’t know and there is nothing He can’t get me through.

Application: I know these things are true, that God is my Lord and my Master and that He is always with me and that He is the one that got me where I am now. I need to tell others about His amazing grace and to share my testimony with those God puts in my path. To share the love of God with those in this world through my testimony. I need to stop keeping God’s mercy love and grace a secret and shout it out to others.

Prayer: My Lord and my God, thank you for all you do for me and thank you that you never gave up. May others see what you created in me, may I not keep your love a secret to others any more, but share all you have done for me with others. Thank you Lord on this special day, the day you decided I was worthy to be here.

Scripture Exodus 28 [30] Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD.:

Observation: God resides within us and has given us a conscience and a soul to help us determine right from wrong. I find it interesting that the means of making decisions is placed above the heart. We should be making decisions with our hearts so that we do what is right. So often we try to think things through instead of letting God work through us. When God speaks to me He speaks to my heart, He doesn’t reason with me and explain He expects that I will do because He calls me to do it. He wants a heart that obeys.

Application: I need to use my heart more than I do. I try to figure things out and I normally try to figure out what is best for me, not what will honor God. If I use my heart I will be able to see situations through God’s viewpoint. He wants me to run, not sit back and calculate, but run knowing that He is right there besides me and if I use my heart more I will be able to hear Him more clearly.

Prayer: My Lord soften this hard hearted man. Fill me with your love that I may share it with others. Put on my heart the things you desire of me and that my heart will be visible to others so that they may see you working in my life.