3 Feet!!!
Reading:Galatians 5:22-23, 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Men, this is going to be a very transparent devotional. Last night, at around 1 a.m. as I was studying for this devotional, I heard a loud noise and my wife began yelling my name. She met me in the hall telling me that someone threw something through the window of our sliding glass door in our bedroom. I immediately grabbed my shotgun and called 911. As I looked closer, while on the phone with the dispatcher, there was a mark on the wall, which turned out to be a bullet hole. A bullet hole!!! My mind raced that someone was still in our backyard with a gun. I cannot even begin to describe the feelings and sense of being the protector. After investigating with the officer, it appeared that it was a stray bullet which appears to have been shot in the air and came through our window and lodged in our bedroom wall 3 feet from my sleeping wife’s head. Three feet from losing my wife. Three feet from our girls losing their mother. Three feet from losing our unborn baby. It is hard to believe in a safe neighborhood in Yuba City, California that this could happen. But, even in the midst of the horror, God reminded me that even in this, you do not have to give up on your love, joy and peace. No matter what everyone else in the world does even through the “increase of wickedness”, you don’t have to lose your love, your joy, your peace. The fruits of the spirit are a gift from God. No one… NO ONE can take them away. They may take all that you have but, if you lose your love, joy, peace, etc., you have chosen to give them up. No one took them from you. Men, let’s not give up on our love, joy, peace…
What are some things that are attacking you attempting to steal your love, your joy, your peace, your patience, etc.?
What can you do to hold onto these attributes of the Spirit today?
REVIEW
Were you able to hold onto your love, joy, peace, patience, etc.?
Did you allow anything to dictate to you your level of love, joy or peace?
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