Daily Devotions

In Acts chapter 17 we find Paul revealing all that God has done in Christ and then goes onto say, “His purpose in all of this is that they should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us.” 

I once heard of a child who was raising a frightful cry because he had shoved his hand into the opening of a very expensive Chinese vase and then couldn't pull it out again. Parents and neighbours tugged with might on the child's arm, with the poor creature howling out loud all the while. Finally there was nothing left to do but to break the beautiful, expensive vase. And then as the mournful heap of shards lay there, it became clear why the child had been so hopelessly stuck. His little fist grasped a paltry penny which he spied in the bottom of the vase and which he, in his childish ignorance, would not let go. 

There are  so many would be disciples who are unable to feel their way towards the holy one who  closer to them than breathing because of the paltry trinket they hold in their hands.

The hymn writer Augustus Toplady (1776)  says:-

Nothing in my hands I bring,

Simply to Thy cross I cling;

Naked, come to Thee for dress,

Helpless, look to Thee for grace:

Today, ponder this prayer based upon  1 Peter 1:3-5 

For your great mercy in giving us birth into a new life and a new hope

by raising Jesus Christ from death:

praise be to you, our God and Father!

For an inheritance that can never spoil or fade, kept for us in heaven:

praise be to you, our God and Father!

For the protection of your power, ours through faith,

until salvation comes at the end of time:

praise be to you, our God and Father!

Father, to you be all praise, glory and honour

through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.