October 28th, 2022
by Jon Cochran
by Jon Cochran
Good morning with a word for the day-
Proverbs 5:21 says, “for the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord.”
As we have found out by now, living a godly life is not all that easy. When we lived in the flesh, before salvation, and lived our lives by its ever-changing rules, life seemed easier to live. Meaning, if we had a decision to make, we made it according to what seemed right to us at the time. Likewise, if we had a problem with someone, we dealt with it as it felt right.
Proverbs 16:2 says, “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes.” In our wisdom, all our ways seem right to us. The turning point begins when we meet Christ and He fills our hearts full of His wisdom and Spirit. We begin to see that our old ways were ways of destruction. When we take a look over the life we lived outside of Christ Jesus, we will see a life with a wake of destruction behind it. But, when grace is applied and Christ comes to dwell in our hearts, there begins a greater purpose for living. I know there’s someone greater than “me, myself, and l.”
Where does the pressure to lead a godly life come from? I don't know about you, but for me, it's the knowledge that God is watching over the ways of my life. The longer I live in Christ Jesus, the more I learn to embrace and understand that I am never alone. He is there in the good times or the bad, in troubled relationships, the moments of silence, and in the hustle and bustle of daily life. I am never alone. God is directing my paths, including the people that I meet and the circumstances I will be in. I am always in the eyes of the Lord. He is watching over all my ways. There is not a place or a way that I go where God is not watching over me. Maybe that's the pressure we all feel when we try to live a godly life. If it is, then turn that pressure into praise. Thank God that His Word is true. Deuteronomy 31:8 says, “He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
I thank God that I am not afraid of looking back. Now I see a life lived in Christ Jesus. Now I see the goodness of God and not the wake of destruction.
Proverbs 5:21 says, “for the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord.”
As we have found out by now, living a godly life is not all that easy. When we lived in the flesh, before salvation, and lived our lives by its ever-changing rules, life seemed easier to live. Meaning, if we had a decision to make, we made it according to what seemed right to us at the time. Likewise, if we had a problem with someone, we dealt with it as it felt right.
Proverbs 16:2 says, “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes.” In our wisdom, all our ways seem right to us. The turning point begins when we meet Christ and He fills our hearts full of His wisdom and Spirit. We begin to see that our old ways were ways of destruction. When we take a look over the life we lived outside of Christ Jesus, we will see a life with a wake of destruction behind it. But, when grace is applied and Christ comes to dwell in our hearts, there begins a greater purpose for living. I know there’s someone greater than “me, myself, and l.”
Where does the pressure to lead a godly life come from? I don't know about you, but for me, it's the knowledge that God is watching over the ways of my life. The longer I live in Christ Jesus, the more I learn to embrace and understand that I am never alone. He is there in the good times or the bad, in troubled relationships, the moments of silence, and in the hustle and bustle of daily life. I am never alone. God is directing my paths, including the people that I meet and the circumstances I will be in. I am always in the eyes of the Lord. He is watching over all my ways. There is not a place or a way that I go where God is not watching over me. Maybe that's the pressure we all feel when we try to live a godly life. If it is, then turn that pressure into praise. Thank God that His Word is true. Deuteronomy 31:8 says, “He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
I thank God that I am not afraid of looking back. Now I see a life lived in Christ Jesus. Now I see the goodness of God and not the wake of destruction.
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