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Day 2Blinded to the Light Thursday, February 15, 2018
"Hear this now, O foolish people, without understanding, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not: Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence?’" Jeremiah 5:21-22
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Devotional:
This devotion takes us to the beginning and shows us who our Creator is, and who we are as sinners. It is the starting point on our journey to the Cross on the Gospel Road. God’s own Word tells the story in today’s devotion and is interwoven throughout it.
God created the universe—from galaxies to water spiders. He created the breeze that calms us and the hurricane that terrifies us. All of it shows us what He is like and displays His glory and personality.
But people have let themselves be blinded to the truth. Some of us take all of God’s creation for granted and say it just got there somehow—no need for God. Others of us worship the things that were created and don’t see God behind it.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. . . . And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. . . . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished His work, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. (Gen. 1:1-2:3) He is the Creator of all things. There is no one else. We are to worship our Creator and magnify His glory.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So we are without excuse. For although we knew God, we did not honor him as God or give thanks to Him, but we became futile in our thinking, and our foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, we became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. (Rom. 1:18-25)
We have exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator. As we embark on our journey down the Gospel Road, let us look at the beautiful world around us and know who is our Creator, who is to be worshiped forever!
God created the universe—from galaxies to water spiders. He created the breeze that calms us and the hurricane that terrifies us. All of it shows us what He is like and displays His glory and personality.
But people have let themselves be blinded to the truth. Some of us take all of God’s creation for granted and say it just got there somehow—no need for God. Others of us worship the things that were created and don’t see God behind it.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. . . . And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. . . . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished His work, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. (Gen. 1:1-2:3) He is the Creator of all things. There is no one else. We are to worship our Creator and magnify His glory.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So we are without excuse. For although we knew God, we did not honor him as God or give thanks to Him, but we became futile in our thinking, and our foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, we became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. (Rom. 1:18-25)
We have exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator. As we embark on our journey down the Gospel Road, let us look at the beautiful world around us and know who is our Creator, who is to be worshiped forever!
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Lord God, I confess that I don’t always honor or even recognize You as Creator. Give me the eyes to see You around me. Help me to experience the treasure of seeing you, and as I pray, give me the eyes to see You at work in my life.
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