Our Daily Bread 10 September 2018 Devotional
Topic: How to Stand Firm
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Read: Jude 1:24–25 | Bible in a Year: Proverbs 8–9; 2 Corinthians 3
Scripture: To him who is able to keep you from stumbling. Jude 1:24
Message: It was a cold, icy winter’s day, and my mind was focused on getting from my warm vehicle to a warm building. The next thing I knew I was on the ground, my knees turned inward and my lower legs turned outward. Nothing was broken, but I was in pain. The pain would get worse as time went by and it would be weeks before I was whole again.
Who among us hasn’t taken a spill of some sort? Wouldn’t it be nice to have something or someone to keep us on our feet all the time? While there are no guarantees of surefootedness in the physical sense, there is One who stands ready to assist us in our quest to honor Christ in this life and prepare us to stand joyfully before Him in the next.
Our Daily Bread 10 September 2018 Devotional – How to Stand Firm
Every day we face temptations (and even false teachings) that seek to divert us, confuse us, and entangle us. Yet, it’s not ultimately through our own efforts that we remain on our feet as we walk in this world. How assuring to know that when we hold our peace when tempted to speak angrily, to opt for honesty over deceit, to choose love over hate, or to select truth over error—we experience God’s power to keep us standing (Jude 1:24). And when we appear approved before God when Christ returns, the praise that we offer now for His sustaining grace will echo throughout eternity (v. 25).
Our Daily Bread 10 September 2018 Devotional – How to Stand Firm
Prayer: Father, thank You for Your constant care for our souls.
Thought for the Day: Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. Edward Mote
Our Daily Bread 10 September 2018 Devotional was written by Arthur Jackson (Our Daily Bread Ministries)
