NorthStar Community Daily Devotional

March 5

Scripture focus: Show me how you work, GOD; school me in your ways. Psalm 25:4 The Message

How God works:

* When Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit, God loved them enough to deliver consequences for their actions AND make them clothes that truly covered their body parts (as opposed to those skimpy fig leaves).

* When Moses had an anger management problem and committed murder, it did not prevent God from using Moses to help set his people free.
When David became an adulterer and a murderer, God sent David a counselor in Nathan, who helped David come clean, make amends and continue with his grand epic adventure.

* When Solomon asked for wisdom, God granted his request. When Solomon ended up acting the fool by disobeying God by acting sexually addicted, God didn’t “rewrite” history by negating all the good that Solomon did before he lost his marbles. He allowed us to see the totality of Solomon – wise and foolish, smart and stupid.

* When Paul saw the light, God didn’t make him perfect, but He did enable Paul to make restitution for past wrongs and gave him a new vision for what it means to love God.

* When John Mark got homesick on a mission trip and went running home to his Mama, he wasn’t permanently black balled from kingdom work. Eventually, he was able to return to his missionary ways. Some say he’s the one that wrote the gospel of Mark.

* Rahab was a prostitute, but she was also a rescuer of God’s people.

* Mary was an unwed teenage mother, the mother of Jesus. She went on to make a nice family with Joseph – who, by the way, didn’t give up on Mary just because she was pregnant and a virgin.

* Gideon hid out in a cave like a sissy but God created him for Warrior’s work. Eventually Gideon got with God’s program and accomplished the job set before him.

God takes the “sorry people” and has his way with….us. Praise God!


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