07-26-2020, 09:14 AM
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {July ~ Dec., 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Sunday, July 26, 2020
TOPIC: WHEN YOU FEEL ABANDONED (1)
Read Exodus 2:11-22
MEMORISE: Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been in a stranger in a foreign land" (Exodus 2:21-22)
EXPOSITION
Sometime, our awareness of God is so weak that we conclude that He is distant and far removed from us! When that happens, we must remember that feeling is not a fact. So, how should you deal with your feelings in such situation?
Moses had grown up. He was now 40 years old (Acts 7:23), having killed an Egyptian, he ran away to the land of Midian; a dry and desolate place that formed a stark contrast to Moses' former home in the royal court.
There, he became a stranger in a foreign land, separated from his known home and family. The priest of Midian, whose name is 'Reuel', meaning a "friend of God," also called 'Jethro' (Exod. 3:1), meaning, "his excellency", gave Moses one of his daughters who bore him a son with a name that reminded him of his personal situation 'a stranger in a foreign land.' Nevertheless, he trusted God for his future. ...He persevered because he saw him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27).
So, remember this when you feel abandoned by God: You Are Not Alone! In spite of the dark past and his seemingly bleak future, Moses didn't give up, and you mustn't, too! When it looks like everything and everyone is against us, and you feel like running away from people, and staying alone in the desert, there is a Reuel, a friend of God, waiting to receive and comfort you. You are not alone; God will connect you to your Reuel.
Self-examination is necessary (2 Cor. 13:5) and sensitivity to what God is saying through any of His ways (Psa. 51:5-15). Once the Holy Spirit agrees with your spirit that you are His and are doing His will, there is not condemnation; ride on, you are not alone. Learn from others.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Thank the Lord for those faithful friends that God directed to you in your moments of weakness and hopelessness.
2. Pray that as the Lord lives, you will still see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
3. Lord, help all believers to live lives of faith in You not living by feelings.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Job 12 - 13; James 5
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!
THE LIVING WATER {July ~ Dec., 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Sunday, July 26, 2020
TOPIC: WHEN YOU FEEL ABANDONED (1)
Read Exodus 2:11-22
MEMORISE: Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been in a stranger in a foreign land" (Exodus 2:21-22)
EXPOSITION
Sometime, our awareness of God is so weak that we conclude that He is distant and far removed from us! When that happens, we must remember that feeling is not a fact. So, how should you deal with your feelings in such situation?
Moses had grown up. He was now 40 years old (Acts 7:23), having killed an Egyptian, he ran away to the land of Midian; a dry and desolate place that formed a stark contrast to Moses' former home in the royal court.
There, he became a stranger in a foreign land, separated from his known home and family. The priest of Midian, whose name is 'Reuel', meaning a "friend of God," also called 'Jethro' (Exod. 3:1), meaning, "his excellency", gave Moses one of his daughters who bore him a son with a name that reminded him of his personal situation 'a stranger in a foreign land.' Nevertheless, he trusted God for his future. ...He persevered because he saw him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27).
So, remember this when you feel abandoned by God: You Are Not Alone! In spite of the dark past and his seemingly bleak future, Moses didn't give up, and you mustn't, too! When it looks like everything and everyone is against us, and you feel like running away from people, and staying alone in the desert, there is a Reuel, a friend of God, waiting to receive and comfort you. You are not alone; God will connect you to your Reuel.
Self-examination is necessary (2 Cor. 13:5) and sensitivity to what God is saying through any of His ways (Psa. 51:5-15). Once the Holy Spirit agrees with your spirit that you are His and are doing His will, there is not condemnation; ride on, you are not alone. Learn from others.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Thank the Lord for those faithful friends that God directed to you in your moments of weakness and hopelessness.
2. Pray that as the Lord lives, you will still see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
3. Lord, help all believers to live lives of faith in You not living by feelings.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Job 12 - 13; James 5
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!