Devotional Life
Practical Application
What is the farthest you can see?
You have to look up to answer that question
Jesus told us to look as far as we can when we pray
Pray to your Father in Heaven
How far is that?
Pray for the Father’s Kingdom in heaven to come in the earth
Our devotional time is not a time of starring off into space
Everything we see in God’s Word, the eternal truths and heaven’s glory
Both time and space are to connect in earth as it is in heaven
Whether we are reading about the history of the world through the lens of the Bible
Or, we are looking into prophetic things to come
All God has said is to bring practical application to our lives
How far can you see and apply it to your life?
Practical Application
What is the farthest you can see?
You have to look up
to answer that question.
During the day we see as far as
the sun or the clouds everything
beyond that is hidden in blue.
At night we can see planets and stars.
You have heard the saying…
“reach for the stars”.
The heavens seem unreachable.
It is very doubtful you or I
will get to take a rocket ship to
any one of those heavenly places.
To spend your life reaching for
a star would be a waste of time.
Life is frustrating reaching
for what you cannot have.
Our discoveries in life need some practical
application or else we are just dreamers.
Jesus told us to look as
far as we can when we pray.
Pray to your Father in Heaven.
How far is that?
Pray for the Father’s Kingdom
in heaven to come in the earth…
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10
There are many books
written about outer space.
These books only bring to the
classroom facts, figures and speculation.
Seeing beyond our hemisphere makes
it hard to find any practical application.
Every one of Jesus’ teachings
was about the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus taught about heaven as a place
where our Heavenly Father dwells…
And that someday we will be able to go there
where He has made a special place for us.
That is good news and the scriptures were written
so that you might know you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13
But the scriptures were also
written for practical application.
James tells us the words of God
are like looking into a mirror.
Every time we read or hear
God’s Word, we should see our self.
This is an amazing mirror because it shows
us what we are and what we can be.
James 1:23-25
Our devotional time is not a
time of starring off into space.
Everything we see in God’s Word,
the eternal truths and heaven’s glory.
Both time and space are to
connect in earth as it is in heaven.
Whether we are reading about the history
of the world through the lens of the Bible…
Or, we are looking into
prophetic things to come…
All God has said is to bring
practical application to our lives.
Our goal in our devotional time is to
pray and search the scriptures for
the connection of heaven to our lives.
To fill our minds with knowledge make
us heavenly minded and no earthly good.
But to understand how to live on earth as
if we were in heaven that is life transforming.
There will be times when you
will have to put on a shelf the things
you received in your devotional time…
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it will certainly come and will not delay.
Habakkuk 2:3
Other times you will see your
devotional time bring understanding
to your yesterday and today.
Why?...
Because God has a plan for us,
a wonderful purpose.
Because Jesus is the same yesterday,
today, and tomorrow…
There is no time in your life He
is not working out the practical
application of His Word in you and I.
Philippians 1:4-6…
…because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
How far can you see
and apply it to your life?
Scripture Reading
Matthew 6:9-10 NIV
9 "This, then, is how you should pray:
"'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Philippians 1:4-6 NIV
…because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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