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Posted by Dion Todd January 13th, 2017 10,181 Views 0 Comments
The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good. Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God. Psalms 14:1 WEB
As the cashier counted out my change, I noticed that it was a good bit more than I had given her to begin with. This was decades ago and I was a new Christian struggling to make ends meet. I was just beginning to tithe and barely making it. There were all sort of thoughts going through my head: "Well, you really need gas money", "You have been tithing, maybe this is a blessing" and "They will never miss it."
Then there was another voice: "They will have to take it out of their pay if they are short. It is not yours! Give it back!" A scripture came to mind and that settled it: 'The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of men..." I pushed it away and explained that they had given me too much because I had only given them five dollars, not fifty or whatever it was that they were counting out. They were shocked and greatly appreciative.
We would have both been accountable for the mistake, not just her. I walked out of that store knowing that I had done the right thing and I could feel the Lord's presence immediately. He was watching my actions quietly from above, and when given a chance to do wrong, I chose to do right. I know scripture tells us that we are saved by faith, not by works lest we should boast, but you can believe that God still knows the difference between right and wrong.
That day I made my Father proud. I did not fall for the cheap trick that the enemy had set in front of me. Things like that are just a trap laid in front of you to test your character. Will you do right, or will you fall for the cheap trick and trade your integrity for something so insignificant and temporary?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I pray that You help me see the traps laid in front of me clearly. Shake me up God and get my attention. Give me the strength and grace to serve You with all of my heart, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
We are in the middle of replacing the firewall, switching, and upgrading the Internet to Fiber. In the end, it will one-hundred times faster, from 20 to 2,000, but things are a bit hectic here at the moment. You may have received 20+ devotionals this morning. I did. Hopefully that will not happen tomorrow! We have been working on it since 3AM and are aware of the issues. Thank you for patience and understanding during the upgrade which will hopefully be over this week! God bless. 😀🙏
Comment from Sylvia Todd
1 day ago
We are back up and things are looking good :)! Thank you so much for your prayers 🙏!
Comment from Liesel aka lisa Wardle
2 days ago
Dear Pastor, please know that you and Sylvia are in my prayers!!! Had been trying to sign in yesterday, but couldn't, and since we had some really bad storms up here practically all of Monday, rain and flooding, I thought that something happened to you! Please know that you are in my prayers! 🙏 My heartfelt gratitude for all that you do and your dedication, thanking the Lord for you! 🙏🤗
Comment from Lynn Brown
2 days ago
Prayers for the switch to be smooth!🙏 We appreciate your hard work and look forward to the upgrades!😀
Comment from Celeste Strenn
2 days ago
Thank you so very much for your dedication and hard work ❣️ thank you so much, so very very much for this most Blessed and most loved devotional ❣️