SUNDAY,
JUNE 19, 2022
TEXT: 1
Corinthians 4:8-13
8. You
already have all you need. You already have more access to God than you can
handle. Without bringing either Apollos or me into it, you’re sitting on top of
the world – at least God’s world – and we’re right there, sitting alongside
you!
9. It
seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in
which no one wants to buy a ticket. We’re something everyone stands around and
stares at, like an accident in the street.
10.
We’re the Messiah’s misfits. You might be sure of yourselves, but we live in
the midst of frailties and uncertainties. You might be well-thought-of by
others, but we’re mostly kicked around.
11.
Much of the time we don’t have enough to eat, we wear patched and threadbare
clothes, we get doors slammed in our faces,
12. and
we pick up odd jobs anywhere we can to eke out a living. When they call us
names, we say, “God bless you.”
13.
When they spread rumors about us, we put in a good word for them. We’re treated
like garbage, potato peelings from the culture’s kitchen. And it’s not getting
any better.
(The
Message Holy Bible)
TOPIC: WHAT
IS YOUR EXPERIENCE?
Every believer in Christ
will certainly go through one unpleasant situation or the other. Those
experiences are meant to help us see God at work and let others see that Christ
is fully in control of our lives.
In this passage, the
apostles made it clear that their experience, though not pleasant, was
glorifying to God. They were taken as fools, weak, beaten, hungry and
considered irrelevant, yet they would not return evil for evil. Instead, they
chose to honor God. You may be going through experiences that make you look
foolish and unwanted, just trust in the Lord, He will help you out.
QUESTION: Is
the situation you are facing making you doubt God and give up?
PRAYER:
Father, by Your grace, mercy and power, I shall never leave you, no matter the
situation that I face.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA Food For The Day, 2022.
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