Watchman Daily Devotional: Just What Do You Have? What You Have Now Is All That You Have Been Given. Both Material and Ethereal Blessings Are Bestowed Upon You. What Is Material Will Perish, but What Is Spiritual Will Endure. The Spiritual, Not the Physical, Is What Makes a Difference to a Person’s Character
Daily Devotional:
Luke 8:16-18 16"No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. 17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. 18 Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."
What have you got? You can only have what you have. You are given both physical and spiritual gifts. The physical will perish, but the spiritual will live forever. The physical does not transform the soul; it is transformed by the spiritual.
How do you receive spiritual things? Typically, it is through your ears. When many people could not read or afford to buy a manuscript in Jesus' day, it was almost entirely through the ears. What do you think you're hearing?
Many of us recognize this illustration from Matthew or from the song "This Little Light of Mine." Those illustrations are about boldly allowing others to see the witness of Jesus in you. What you listen to and absorb will be seen by others. You can't conceal who you've become. Listening changes you for the better or for the worse. The words enter your mind and heart, influencing how you perceive the world around you.
Cults can change a person's perspective simply by isolating them from other points of view, allowing them to hear only a distorted version of the truth. That's why Jesus says, "Consider carefully how you listen." He is telling us to think about how we listen as well as what we listen to. Do we listen with caution? Are we sorting through what we hear, discarding what is contrary to God's Word and clinging to what is valuable? Do we distinguish between the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error? That is not to criticize, but rather to anticipate what we will receive.
Why should we be so cautious? Jesus is saying that if we receive good things, we will receive more of the same. Everyone will be able to see our light. If we receive empty words, what we thought was substantial will be revealed to be so. People will notice our dearth of substance.
Prayer: O my Lord! It is Your mercy that I hope for so do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye and rectify for me all of my affairs. None has the right to be worship except You.
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