Daily Devotional

Bad things happen to everyone sometimes, even when we are careful. We cannot stop the rain from falling on the day we need the sun, but we can also choose how to react. The story of Job provides a template for us. It teaches us to exercise patience and keep faith alive in tough times. Do not curse God when things go south. Hold on. God sees. God knows. God understands. Your days of laughter will come.

Like the son who said I will go but did not eventually go, we fall short of the name “Christian” when our actions contradict our words. Many of us are churchgoers; we pretend to be like Christ, but our minds are far from Christ. We don’t think like Christ, we don’t talk like Christ, and we don’t love our neighbours as Christ did.

Never let down your guard in the name of “enjoying life.” Without God in the picture, there is nothing like enjoyment. That is only beating around the bush. St. Augustine says, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in God.” If we ignore God in a bid to have fun, we only land ourselves in pain, sorrow and regret.