Devotion for Sunday, August 10, 2025

“While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him” (Matthew 27:19).

Just the opposite is true for us.  We have everything to do with the One who is righteous.  The world will flee from Jesus and try to get rid of Him.  The Lord warns us all of what comes to those who abide in sin.  Sin kills and destroys.  The Lord, who is righteous, has come to clear the path so that we too may walk in the way of righteousness.  The Lord has come offering a new life which leads us forward into eternal life.

Lord, in the fog and air pollution of this world, it is sometimes hard to see clearly.  I become caught up in the anxieties of this world.  Help me to move beyond the insanity of this age to live life as You have designed it to be lived.  Guide me in Your goodness and mercy to humbly walk in Your ways.  Show me the path You know I need to walk and then encourage me to stay on the path You set before me.

Lord Jesus, You through whom all things have their being, guide me this day to understand more clearly what it means to walk in righteousness.  Help me each step of the way, for without You, I will falter.  Be the One who leads me, Lord.  The world will shout at me and seek to divert my attention, but their way is death.  Open my ears to hear Your voice and my eyes to seek the path that You set before me.  Amen.