BIBLE MEDITATION: ?Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.? 1 Peter 3:16
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever been criticized? Maybe blamed for something you didn?t do? Or been unjustly slandered? You are not alone. Jesus was the whipping boy of much criticism and slander in His day. Was He worried? No. You too, must not worry when others speak falsely. Just give that to the Lord. Author/Pastor Peter Lord told me one day, ?When anybody says anything bad about me, I just say, ?Thank God they don?t know any more.? ? Jesus tells us, ?When they criticize you, just roll that over onto Me. I understand and I am in charge. You just trust in Me.?
ACTION POINT: Lift up your hands as a gesture of giving to God all of those people who have criticized or judged you over the years. Ask Him to forgive them. Ask Him to give you grace and strength to love them.
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Es esposo de la mejor mujer, padre de 2 hijos maravillosos, pastor y director de Desafío Joven. En los últimos 12 años ha trabajado con jóvenes, padres y líderes juveniles. Estudio en Rhema Bible Training Center. Su servicio con la palabra de Dios se ha extendido por más de 27 países en 13 idiomas. Es director ejecutivo y consultor de varios ministerios cristianos, desarrollando conferencias, cursos bíblicos, libros, estudios, devocionales, vídeos y recursos para la vida espiritual.
En su amargura, Joan Abery modificó el proverbio de la siguiente manera: «Más vale habitar en un rincón lleno de basura, sola y tranquila, que en espaciosa casa mal acompañada.»
La basura no es lugar para vivir. Dios no hizo al ser humano para vivir en medio de la basura. Al contrario, Dios hizo para el hombre y la mujer un jardín encantador que les dio por vivienda. Fue la derrota, la sensación de desgracia y fracaso, lo que los llevó a alojarse entre los desperdicios y las alimañas. Joan merecía vivir en casa propia, rodeada de sus colecciones de arte, y entre jardines y flores, pero prefirió vivir entre la basura.
