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This morning I was really convicted when I read my devotional. Like I said before, I have been asking God to speak to me through His Word. So as I opened up my devotional this morning and began reading, I felt conviction about what I was reading.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 reads, "Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless." (NLT)
Although the first part of this passage is powerful, it is the second part that convicted me. Verse 10 says, "So refuse to worry and keep your body healthy."
First of all, I worry about everything. Things that I have no reason or cause to worry about, I do. I worry. I know that the bible tells us that we have no reason to worry and that we shouldn't but this is something I struggle with.
Second of all, I am not the healthiest person in the world. I don't treat God's temple the way that I should. I overindulge and then feel terrible, but it continues to happen time after time.
I need to have the strength to say, "No" or "I've had enough". I need to learn to exercise regularly and eat better.
I need to learn to apply God's truths and commands to my life. I need to practice what I preach so to say. I need to take control of my own life, to make a plan and stick to it.
Just something to think about.
In God, Emily
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