Different Devotional Day 5 (last day)

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

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Worldly rewards fade; God’s words don’t. Peter may have hung upside down on a tree, but he knew soon he’d stand right side up before his friend, Jesus, who’d say something like, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

After writing to the leaders, Peter wrote to young people. He said to humble yourself and submit to leaders. Don’t worry when it feels like your ideas will never be seen. At the right time, God will lift you up. But remember, God’s promotion is different from the world’s. The ultimate title in God’s Kingdom is servant.

Questions/Thoughts

As you finish 1 Peter, reflect on the different, sometimes upside-down, Kingdom of God.

What is your place in it?

A servant. All throughout the Bible this is clearly stated. My role is to serve God and to obey his commands. It’s also a challenge to keep this mindset. Every day I have to remind myself that I am God‘s servant. My purpose is to fulfill his will. How I live out my moments, daily routines, etc are reflective of my understanding of being his servant. All that I do should be as if I am doing it for God. Sometimes this makes my tasks easier and other times harder. Both because he is not physically here and because I want to do what I want to do. It is a process that will take a lifetime to learn to become as close to serving like Jesus. But I’m grateful for the opportunity and that in the end I will be with Jesus in Heaven.

What worries and anxieties can you give to God?

All of them! I am extremely grateful for this. God understands everything I am or will ever encounter in this life. He has been on Earth as Jesus so he understands to the fullest extent what we are faced with.

How have you preferred earthly rewards over God’s words? Yes. It has changed as I have matured. Slowly to where I want my life to direct others to God, to be a light in the darkness for someone to seek out God, to live a life that praises God for all he has done for me.

Are there any situations or relationships where you need to humble yourself?

Yes. My worldview and framework for how I see situations and relationships has also changed. To one more biblical and true. But again it has been a slow process.

Are you moving steadily toward servanthood?

I feel that I am. But as I wrote above it will be a lifelong process. There will be times when I take steps back and forward because I am human. But God knows me, loves me, keeps pursuing me, and pushing me towards being who he created me to be.