NIGHT DEVOTION



NIGHT PRAYER

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but

rejoiceth in the truth;

From: 1 Corinthians 13:6


INSPIRATION

The city of Corinth had been an

evil place, full of idol worship.

After Paul came into the city and

preached to them, and they had

been converted, they had a

difficult time shaking off the old

ways. There was still a lot of

immorality in the city, perversion,

and evil behavior. Paul teaches

them in this scripture that love

does not delight in evil, but that it

rejoices in the truth. It's very

common for people to enjoy

watching other people mess up.

We see television evangelists, for

example, who fall into sin publicly

and people seem to take some kind

of pleasure in that. We see

celebrities who seem to have it all

and get involved in some

scandalous lawsuit and we take

delight in their mistakes. That's

not love. We shouldn't love seeing

people make mistakes, and we

certainly shouldn't love the fact

that any other person is trapped in

an immoral life. Love seeks the

truth; love rejoices in the truth.

When we love somebody, when we

truly show the love of Christ, we

look for good things, we look for

positive things. We should love

seeing somebody get clean from

drug addiction or alcohol

addiction. We love seeing people

change their lives for the better.

When someone has lived an

immoral life and behavior and he

begins to live a clean life, we

should rejoice in that. We should

be encouraging. We shouldn't be

waiting for that person to fall.

That's not our job as Christians.

Our job is to love that person and if

we love that person, we want to

see him be successful. We do not

rejoice in the evil thing they've

done but we should rejoice in the

truth and the good things that

they have chosen to do in their

lives.


PRAYER

Father, I thank you for giving me a

choice. I ask You always to help me

choose the truth and not evil ways.

Please don't let me take pleasure in

another person's pain. Remind me

that my job is not to delight in

their suffering or in their evil

practices but to rejoice in the good

decisions that they've made and

the truthful decisions that they've

made. Help me to be a part of the

solution and not a part of the

problem. Amen.

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