Daily Devotional: Tuesday, Nov 17
Speaker: Ben Sigman
Theme: Dangerous Transformations
Weekend Music links on iTunes: Today is the Day by Lincoln Brewster; Not to Us by Chris Tomlin; Sing to the King by Passion Worship Band; Mighty to Save by Hillsong United.
Read: 1 Corinthians 13:8-12, Ephesians 4:15
Think: A sure sign of life is growth. One summer, while living in Texas, I planted some sunflowers seeds. I watered them once and then literally forgot about them for weeks. One day while out in the yard, I found them. I was shocked at what I saw. The parched, cracked ground was pushed aside by these fledgling sprouts determined against all odds to grow. There, baking in the southern sun, were four green sunflower plants. You better believe I watered those things and pampered them with guilt laden gardener love until they were full grown. I was so proud that they survived me!
Some people are like that too... determined against all odds to grow - to live - to reach the light of day. Even when the circumstances aren't right, the conditions aren't favorable, and the resources seem too few, they push through. It's when all seems lost and hope seems gone that God really has access to our hearts. When we've come to the end of ourselves, we can be fully His.
And watch out, because those little determined seeds grew into six-foot flower giants, producing hundreds of more seeds just because they didn't give up.
Do: Determine to be a grower today. Acknowledge that you don't have to have everything just right to start growing into Christ's likeness. Determine not to give up when it gets hard. Promise yourself that whatever the circumstance, you will learn to grow through it.
Pray: Lord, I surrender my life to you today; putting away my expectations of how I want things to be, and accepting them as they are. I will choose to follow you with my next growth steps. With your help, I will push through. In Jesus' name, Amen!
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