Devotional for Tuesday, May 30, 2017
“Everything He Does Is Marvelous”
by Dona Hake
We are soon entering into the season of summer here, and I am enjoying planting all kinds of different flowers. Their colors and differences are so pretty to see. While I am slowly starting to appreciate this season, my favorite season is still winter. I love snow so much! Snow always reminds me of how unique I am, and how He created me, and never made another like me. I love knowing that there are no two snowflakes that are the same, and I think that is pretty awesome.
Think about it…there is only one you, and your fingerprint is like no other.We too have that same uniqueness for when we were created, God’s gentle hand was weaving and creating us for special and great opportunities in this life. It is your special time to live and express who He made you to be.
I find it so sad that we are so bombarded through the fashion industry of what is the “look.” We are constantly being told what is cool, and what you should never say or do. Whether you realize it or not the pressure of this sort will try to squash you into a mold made by someone else. This mold will create a pressure within you to constantly change and dictate what to do. Let us look to the Word of God as the mold that we live by, not the dictates of this world.
Psalm 139:13-15Contemporary English Version
“You are the one
who put me together
inside my mother’s body,
and I praise you
because of
the wonderful way
you created me.
Everything you do is marvelous!
Of this I have no doubt.”
“You are the one
who put me together
inside my mother’s body,
and I praise you
because of
the wonderful way
you created me.
Everything you do is marvelous!
Of this I have no doubt.”
Oh that we can see ourselves free to be who God has made us to be. Can we dare to just be ourselves and permit Him to mold and make us for His purposes. God desires that we be comfortable with who we are and not try to be someone else. I was particularly inspired for today’s devotional by the following quote:
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make
you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
God help us to see more clearly how we are to live and move in You that we may be free to be who You created us to be!