Category: Daily Devotional

City of God

Scripture Psalms 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God!

Observation: Oh, to live in the city of God, what a wonderful place that would be. In this Psalm they are talking about Zion, but today there is no city of God on this Earth, men have destroyed God in their cities. Yet there is a city of God coming and it will come from the Heavens when Christ returns and that is the city we will be heading to. Each Christian knows how to get there and we are called to invite the people that we are surrounded with. So, no matter where we might live now, we should be journeying to the city of God.

Application: I should be living my life for my new home and not accumulating things here. I don’t feel comfortable here because this is not where I belong. I need to tell others about this City and help guide them there as my Lord commands me to do. There is plenty of room and I’ll be homesick until I get there. I need to stay on the path so I get home safely.

Prayer: My Lord and my God bring me home to your city. Walk me on the road to you each day and help me not stray off the path, but guide me each day. I’m so homesick and want to be with you forever. I love you Father help me to get home.

All Nations Will Worship

Scripture Psalms 86:9 All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name.

Observation: Right now, we are so far from the nations worshipping God. Reading the news, it seems as if we are drawing away from God instead of drawing near. Our own country which was founded in Christ is making it harder to worship our Lord. One day however all the nations will worship, something is going to happen to open the eyes and heart of men that they will realize that God is real and worthy of our praise and they will glorify His name.

Application: I, along with all the other Christians have a job to do, we are called to spread the gospel. We are called to show God’s love and to guide them to Jesus. The world should have no excuse of not knowing who our Lord is. I need to be a light no matter where I am and how I’m feeling. I need to reflect the light of God to others and do what God has called me to do. I’m called to be a messenger and that is what I need to be doing and to worship and glorify God and acknowledge Him before others,

Prayer: Take this selfishness away from me and help me stay focused on You my Lord. As I start each day in prayer and reading, help me continue to worship You throughout the day and that others would see my devotion to you. May I be that light that shines in this world guiding the lost to You. I love you my Lord help me please finish well.

We Seem to Always Turn Back

Scripture Psalms 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.

Observation: I have my days that I give to God and do His will, but there are many more days my thoughts go to myself and my desires, I return to my folly. A day won’t go by that my thoughts and actions draw away from my Lord and I do what I want. Why isn’t what I want the same as what God wants? When I do God’s will I have joy and peace and whenever I don’t, I often regret those decisions, but yet I return to my folly. The Lord speaks to me, why don’t I listen?

Application: I need to live each day for the Lord and not for me. I own nothing and have no rights I’m a slave to Christ and need to act that way. I’m not a ruler but a servant and I need to be serving with a humble heart. I need to listen for the voice of my master and obey with no other agenda, but to fulfill the plan the Lord has given me.

Prayer: My Lord please forgive me for my arrogance and humble your servant. Give me a loving caring heart for others that I can point them to you. Speak to me and show me how to hear and obey. I give you this life freely, use it for your glory.

My Desire Is to Trust in You

Scripture Psalms 84:12 O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Observation: each day I fall into anxiety because of my lack of trust in God. God has always been faithful to me and yet I worry about the dumbest things. I tell others about how great God is and the miracles He has done in my life and then I go ahead and live a fruitless life because of my lack of faith. I’m not sure if it is because I never found anything in my life to trust so I have a difficult time trusting my Lord, maybe it’s the devil misleading me or most likely my own sinful heart. I miss my blessings because of my lack of trust and believe that God desires to bless me. Until I trust completely, I’ll never be complete.

Application: I need to get past my own logic and reasoning and trust in the Lord with all of my heart, mind and soul. He is the only one that I can trust completely and this trust must be exclusive to Him. I need, starting today, to trust Him in no matter what happens. I need to rid myself of the anger I have for some of the people around me and be the man God desires me to be and trust Him with the results. I need to stop worrying about so many things and do the best I can in glory and honor to my Lord.

Prayer: Dear Lord increase my faith that I will trust you with all of my heart and mind and lean not on my own understanding, but in all my ways acknowledge you and that you will make my paths straight. I love you Lord and with love I desire to trust you completely. Take this life and use it for your glory.

My Lord You Are the Most High

Scripture Psalms 83:18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.

Observation: This Psalm is asking God to destroy their enemies and by doing so to open their eyes to His power. That is what it usually takes to open our eyes to God, something devastating happening to our lives. That we are down so low the only way to look is up. As long as we are strong in ourselves, we don’t look to God, it’s only when we are defeated and have nowhere else to turn, that we turn to Him. So maybe when we pray for protection for others it may not be in their best interest, maybe on occasion they need to be humbled to open their eyes to the Lord.

Application: That is the story of my life, I had to be defeated to the point and realize I had no strength left in my spirit before I surrendered to the Lord. I need to start my day surrendered and kneel down before my King and ask what He commands me to do on any given day. He needs to be the ruler of my life, not me and I need to be an obedient servant asking what He commands me to do. I need to learn my place in this life and be the best I can at that position.

Prayer: My Lord I humbly come before you and ask for your guidance. In my weakness you are strong. Please take over and rule my life that it may be lived in glory and honor to your name. I’ve been conquered and I surrender to your majesty show me how to serve my Lord that I love.

Use Us Lord

Scripture Psalms 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked.

Observation: I read the Psalms and see how we cry out to God asking Him for so much, but how many of us are the answers to these prayers. What I mean is if there are poor and needy how many of us take from our abundance that God has blessed us with to help those in need. I know I’m pretty selfish when it comes to my possessions, yet I believe that God’s plan is to use us to answer the prayers of others. We get so busy asking for things we forget we are called to give and not receive and when we give, we will have rewards that will last forever, what a great deal.

Application: I don’t know why it is so hard to give, but I need to do a much better job of it. I need to give up some of the things I spend my money on so that I can bless others and honor God. I know I’m not worthy of God’s rewards, but he desires to give them to me as a good Father wants to bless His children. God gives, that is His nature and He calls us to have that same nature.

Prayer: My Lord help me be a generous giver. Whatever I have on this earth will stay here when I’m gone show me how to use all that you have blessed me with for your glory. Show me how to build treasures in Heaven and not on this temporary home I’m in now.

You Delivered Me Lord

Scripture Psalms 81:7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

Observation: God has delivered me so many times out of trouble, trouble I put myself in. I would cry out and there He was putting His hand out to lift me up. He always answers my prayer and guides me, even places I don’t want to go. He has given me a life that can please Him if I use it right and He has tested me. Some test I have passed and others I failed miserably, but He is always there. He is training me and making me the vessel He desires me to be. I have nothing to fear, He is always at my side guiding me through this life.

Application: Knowing that God is near should give me the confidence to step out more to do His will. I need to shed this laziness that overcomes me and take courage to do the things that He calls me to do. I’m going to be speaking this weekend at a church I’ve never been to and yet I’m at peace knowing that God will direct my words and will use this time for His glory.

Prayer: My Lord I love and trust in You, have your way with me and use me as you desire. May I become stronger through the trials knowing that you are only a prayer a way and finish the race in a way that glorifies you. Give me strength each day and show me what you desire of me as I’m heading home.