December 5 – Great Things He Does

“Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,” 2 Corinthians 3:5 (NASB)

The Apostle Paul was thinking about the results of his ministry in the city of Corinth. Many people had been brought into the family of God while Paul was preaching and teaching in that city. As he writes this letter he wanted to be sure to acknowledge that it was God who deserves the credit for the results of his work. Too often we are tempted to consider our Christian work is  the result of our own efforts. We all need to consider and be careful to give our Lord credit for His work in our lives. God is involved in anything of value in our lives. We need to recognize that without God's working in and through us nothing of eternal worth is accomplished. Let's remember the promise that our ability, our sufficiency, and our adequacy come from God. He wants to use us to do His work, to do something worthwhile in life. Let's allow Him to use us today. The words to the hymn, “To God Be The Glory” helps us to sing out the truth of God’s competence and ability to provide our adequacy in this life. “Great things He has done.”

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December 6 – Godly Competence

“Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,” 2 Corinthians 3:5 (NASB)

The Apostle Paul was thinking of the results of his ministry in the city of Corinth. Many people had been brought into the family of God while Paul was preaching and teaching in that city. As he writes this letter he wanted to be sure to acknowledge that it was God who deserves the credit for the results of his work. We all need to consider and be careful to give our Lord credit for His work in our lives too.  God is involved in anything of value in our lives. We need to recognize that without God's working in and through us nothing of eternal value is accomplished. Let's remember the promise that our competence, our sufficiency, and our adequacy comes from God and that He wants to use us to do His work, to do something worthwhile in life. Let's allow Him to use us today.

March 20 – Give Him the Glory

“Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.” Isaiah 26:12 (NIV)

The Bible makes it clear that we have a God who is personally and intimately involved in our lives. We are reminded of this in the Bible verse chosen for today. Our peace is established by God and what we accomplish is to God's credit. We are so prone to think that we should get credit for things that we do in our lives. However, God wants us to remember that He is the One who is working in our lives to accomplish His purpose here in this world.  Yes, our God has created us and all the rest of this universe. He has created the people we’re living with. He not only created us all but He is looking for people who will acknowledge Him for all He has done, for all He is doing. Every day and in all the details, God is involved in our lives and we should today give Him the glory for what He has done.