The Upper Room 23 February 2022 Devotional || Wednesday Message
The Upper Room 23 February 2022 Daily Devotional
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The Waiting Room
Gordon Talk (Kentucky, USA)
TODAY’S READING
1 John 4:7-15
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I will take the time to see each person I meet as a child of God.
PRAYER FOCUS
Factory workers
KEY VERSE: Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. – 1 John 4:7 (NIV)
The Upper Room 23 February 2022 Devotional MESSAGE
I was in the doctor’s waiting room when a young man came in. After being greeted by the receptionist, he sat by me. His clothing, a factory uniform, was dirty, and he smelled of hard work. I smiled but wished he had sat somewhere else. After a moment, I recognized something familiar in his scent. It was the odor my father had when he came home from work at a similar factory.
My father was a faithful Christian. Perhaps this young man was a Christian. Maybe he loved to hug and kiss his children like my father did me. I was ashamed for judging my seatmate negatively. I had forgotten the teachings of the Good News: “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.”
God loves us all and shares life with us all. Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected because God sent his Son into the world in the ultimate act of love. In Christ, no matter who we are or what we do, we are to care for and love one another as we love God and are loved by God.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Dear God, help us try to love everyone we meet as you love us. Amen.
The Upper Room 23 February 2022 Devotional Message. The Upper Room is a daily devotional magazine published in more than 30 languages and 100 countries around the world. The daily meditations are written by readers of the magazine and others interested in sharing their faith experiences through writing—both laity and clergy, published authors and new writers. The meditations are stories of real people working to live faithfully with the Bible as their touchstone. Every day, readers of The Upper Room around the world read the same story in many different languages and pray the same prayer together. Read More
