DEVOTIONAL FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH

Good Morning Everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Peace”

Our Bible verse for today: “Work for the peace and prosperity of the city were I sent you into exile.” Jeremiah 29:7 (NLT)

Our thought for today: “We are to be instruments of God’s peace wherever He has placed us.”

In Jeremiah 29:7 the prophet was writing to the Jews who were in exile in Babylon. Babylon was not their real home. The culture around them wasn’t conducive to living a godly life and the people of God experienced mistreatment and persecution. But through Jeremiah God instructed the people to be obedient and productive citizens in the city where He had put them, and to be instruments of peace and prosperity for the greater good.

Likewise, as Christians we are a people residing in places that are not our real homes. We’re citizens of heaven on a journey through this world and our destination is the eternal kingdom. For the time being God has placed us in cities and towns, in neighborhoods and in jobs, in civic organizations and on PTA committees, and like the Jews in Babylon we are to be instruments of peace and prosperity for the greater society we’re part of. The world should be blessed because the people of God are among them.

Where has God placed you? Wherever it is, you’re not there by mistake. God has a reason for you to be in that town, or part of that work force, or on that school board. Even if you find yourself in an increasingly godless culture; even if you’re surrounded by people who do not share your faith; and even if you face some occasional opposition, you can still be a force for good wherever you are.

I want to encourage you today to be intentional about being an instrument of God’s peace in the place where He has put you.

God Bless,

Pastor Jim