Category: Jesus Character

Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way. . . . They do not in fact behave in that way. . . . These two facts are the foundation of all clear thinking about ourselves and the universe we live in.

C. S. Lewis

God’s order is that we put him first, others next, self last. Sin is the reversal of the order. It is to put ourselves first, our neighbor next, and God somewhere in the background. . . . This basic self-centeredness affects all our behavior.

John Stott

Sin Poisoning

God’s Word says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” — Romans 3:23

Poisoned!
Not by any clever assassin,
nor by any evil beast,
but by my own hand
is my life poisoned.

It was self-ingested.
Ignorant and arrogant,
I mixed a slurry of selfish sin
and, thinking it good for me,
drank the mixture in.

It’s a fatal poison
that kills both life and love.
I’ve tried to cure myself
(focused on self, self, self)
but I just made it worse.

Only One in all the world
has the cure I need.
The question now is,
will I humbly call that Doctor
and beg Him to be freed?

Devotional poem © 2016 Michael Himick. Used with permission.

All Have Sinned

God’s Word says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” — Romans 3:23

Rest My Mind

We’ve been looking at John 16:33, and seeing that truly following Jesus is the way to have peace. Here’s a devotional poem from Christ-follower Cecil Billingsley seeing the same. It’s called “Rest My Mind.”

Stress’n too much,
feel’n out of touch —
the hate of their words,
the weight of the world.

Times like these,
I drop to my knees,
I rest my mind upon the Lord.

When I start to fear,
’cause of what I hear —
the pain we created,
solutions debated.

Times like these,
I drop to my knees,
I rest my mind upon the Lord.

Devotional poem © 2016 Cecil Billingsley. Used with permission.

There is a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which all your reasoning power comes: you could not be right and He wrong any more than a stream can rise higher than its own source.

C. S. Lewis