Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day (Wednesday 6/3/09)

Today's Devotional Written By One Who I AM Sure God Is Watching With Great Pleasure...

Tracy Koweh

And the Winner is.....................

Jeremiah 17:9-10 (New Living Translation)

 ⁹ “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? ¹⁰ But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”

   For the past two years I’ve been trying to make it to the Steve Harvey Hoodie Awards Show in Las Vegas. Last year my girlfriend didn’t buy a plane ticket early enough so we cancelled. This year we waited too long and it sold out. The reason the Hoodie Awards appeal to me is because it’s for honoring the everyday superstars in our communities. The categories range from “Best Hairdresser”, to “Best High School Teacher”, to “Best Church Choir”. You can nominate anybody, any person and any group. Then the top 3 or 4 from each category go on to possibly win the actual title or category.

 

   I thought what an impact a person or group would have to make on a community to first be nominated, but then to inspire so many votes to make it to the finals. It made me ask how the Jesus Christ Heaven or Hell Awards would go down.  With the way you are living your life today, how many people would feel you were worthy enough for their vote. And more importantly what would they vote you for. Would your lifestyle get you in the “Most Faithful of Followers” or the “Most Likely to Fall”? Would you be up for the “Most Anointed Prayer” or the “Greatest Perpetrator” category?

 

   These awards won’t be for the T.D Jakes and Eddie Longs. God is watching all of us and he is waiting for us to make an impact on the world. We are suppose to be the light of the Earth. We need to start being a part of the light, and stop trying to hang out in the dark. We can touch just as many people as the Joel Osteens in the world, if we just do our best to live right on a daily basis.

 

   Today as we enter this hump week let’s check our witness. It doesn’t matter what people think of us because God knows the core of who we are and what we do. So today make sure that when the angels cast their vote, you’re known for being a “Child of God”, and not a “Devil in Disguise”. When God calls your name, what category would you have won…………………………And the Winner is!!!!!