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07-10-2020 - Not Taking Advantage
Today we discuss Paul and Silas in prison. What would you have done.
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Our Daily Bread 7-10-2020
https://odb.org/2020/07/10/not-taking-advantage
Daniel Robison's Input on Today's Devotion
What would you have done? That's the question I always ask myself when I read the story of Paul and Silas in prison. First I probably wouldn't have been singing and praising God when I was locked up in shackles just being beaten and stripped of my clothes. I would have probably been sitting there wondering, "Why me? I'm trying to do your will and this is the thanks I get?"
Next comes the earthquake that shakes the shackles off and causes all of the prison doors to open (which wouldn't have happened because I wouldn't have been praising God.) After that earthquake I would have been saying to my buddy, "Let's go. God did this for a reason let's get out of here. PRAISE GOD! (Yeah, now I'm praising God!) But Paul had other ideas. To bring the guard and his whole family to Christ. Interesting that even before Paul met the jailers family he knew they would be saved because Paul told the guard that. You have to wonder if God told Paul and Silas, "Stick around, there's some work that needs done. Salvation is coming to the guard and his family and you are the ones that will help him with that."
What would you have done? Today, ask God to help you see the big picture and outside of yourself.
Thank you for listening and be sure to tell all your friends about our podcast. If you haven’t done so be sure to download the Our Daily Bread App and I look forward to joining you Monday going over God’s Word together. Until then this is Daniel Robison saying may God give you a special blessing today! Join us Monday as we discuss Look Up!
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By Daniel RobisonToday we discuss Paul and Silas in prison. What would you have done.
Our Daily Bread Homepage
https://odb.org/
Our Daily Bread 7-10-2020
https://odb.org/2020/07/10/not-taking-advantage
Daniel Robison's Input on Today's Devotion
What would you have done? That's the question I always ask myself when I read the story of Paul and Silas in prison. First I probably wouldn't have been singing and praising God when I was locked up in shackles just being beaten and stripped of my clothes. I would have probably been sitting there wondering, "Why me? I'm trying to do your will and this is the thanks I get?"
Next comes the earthquake that shakes the shackles off and causes all of the prison doors to open (which wouldn't have happened because I wouldn't have been praising God.) After that earthquake I would have been saying to my buddy, "Let's go. God did this for a reason let's get out of here. PRAISE GOD! (Yeah, now I'm praising God!) But Paul had other ideas. To bring the guard and his whole family to Christ. Interesting that even before Paul met the jailers family he knew they would be saved because Paul told the guard that. You have to wonder if God told Paul and Silas, "Stick around, there's some work that needs done. Salvation is coming to the guard and his family and you are the ones that will help him with that."
What would you have done? Today, ask God to help you see the big picture and outside of yourself.
Thank you for listening and be sure to tell all your friends about our podcast. If you haven’t done so be sure to download the Our Daily Bread App and I look forward to joining you Monday going over God’s Word together. Until then this is Daniel Robison saying may God give you a special blessing today! Join us Monday as we discuss Look Up!