Daily Devotional June 2nd, 2009
WFC Daily Devotional for Series: “What if the Church”
“Walked Humbly” by Mike Bickley
Today’s Theme: “The Right to Serve”
Key Verses
1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Philippians 2:1-4)
Meditation
The moment that one crosses the line of salvation is an amazing time. Almost immediately everything changes. The bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17) (KJV). Everything that we were in the past is irrelevant to what God has in store for us as his children.
As His children, scripture tells us that we are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (Romans 8:17). This idea of heir would indicate that there are some special rights or inheritance to this person. As God’s children, we inherit an amazing relationship with God. We inherit the opportunity to approach God boldly knowing that as His Word tells us, He will withhold no good thing from us. Inherited is the opportunity to live life to the fullest, which Jesus said that he came to bring us. Furthermore, we inherit the opportunity to spend eternity with God.
Frankly, the list of our rights and inheritance is quite long and we could spend years and years, pages and pages, trying to uncover all the rights and privileges of being a child of God. However, God has not called us to focus our lives on what we get out of our relationship with Him, rather what we can give out of our relationship with Him. As a Christian, the call is to be an imitator of Christ who acted as a servant. In humility, Jesus put aside his rights and ultimately his life to serve the needs of others. Our responsibility is to also accept this call of humility.
Question to Consider
Am I focusing my life on what I can give through my relationship with God?
This week’s devotional author is Marquel JaCoway. He can be contacted at svh071880@yahoo.com
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