Different Devotional Day 2

These are my thoughts and favorite lines from the @YouVersion plan 'Different'.

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Peter referred to Christians as living stones being built into a spiritual house. A house with Jesus as the cornerstone. A cornerstone is the stone chosen to bring alignment and foundation to every other part of the house. This was Peter’s way of saying we are built on the bedrock of life, and He is Jesus. We have a different foundation. Others may not see it or understand it. They may even reject it. Our foundation is a rock more fiery than our earth’s core, deeper than our fleshly desires, more powerful than our world’s rulers, and stronger than our most unrelenting struggles. Questions

As you read 1 Peter chapter 2, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the bedrock of your life.

Do I look to culture and government to make the world right, or do I look to Jesus and His Church?

I do look to the government to protect and help people and to have people in places of power make changes when there is a need. However, there are things only Jesus can do and things the church should be doing. My hope and trust are firmly in God me his will. But I live on Earth and have to deal with people. People who are selfish, evil, hateful, hypocritical, etc. Sometimes I am all of these but I am striving to be more like Jesus everyday.

Do I try to control situations, or do I seek God with the good works and deep trust He asks for?

Yes, but again I know God is in control. However, this does not mean I just sit back and do nothing. Because I know God is for me he has changed me. Instead of controlling the situation I am doing my best to do, to obey what he commands me.

When people treat me unjustly, do I respond with love? Not always, I am still learning to respond in love. Especially when it comes to myself or my family ( I include close friends in my family). The protector and fighter in me is strong so I often have to apologize for reacting as such or too intensely when I feel I or my family has been treated unjustly. Again, God is teaching me every day.

When I suffer, do I patiently trust God, or do I try to find my own way?

For the most part I turn to God when I suffer. I lean hard on him. There are coping mechanisms I have to heal. But many of them consist of being in the presence of God.