enLIVEn Devotionals

Abiding in Jesus - Overflowing His Spirit

Steps of Christian Walk

We have all seen babies learning to walk. They usually learn to stand very shakily. They test a couple of steps and fall flat on their faces. There are many times that they make it from one piece of furniture to the next without falling and usually to a raucous applause from their family. After a while they are cruising across halls and out in the park. They love it until they find a hidden pot hole or mole hill. That’s when they fall. However, loving moms and dads come, pick them up, brush them off, kiss their scraped knees and let them go again to play. These are almost the exact steps ... Read the Post

Stop

I had a list of ten things to do this morning while my daughter was in school. I knew if I got started right away, I could fit it all in before picking her up at noon. God, however, had different plans for me. As I was dropping off the kids at school, my eyes started itching; and by the time I got home, I had rubbed them so much that they were now swollen shut. I calmly took some Benedryl and thought to myself, “I can give myself a little time. Then my eyes will get better, and I can get dressed for the day.” Nope, that didn’t happen. Now my eyes were puffy and red. I wasn’t going ... Read the Post

13 Going on 30

When I was first approached to teach junior high Sunday school at my church, I thought, “Yes! The Lord is finally going to use me for something big.” I remembered being in youth groups growing up. I loved all the bonding, games, trips, and spiritual highs. I thought, “How perfect for me! Those kids are going to love me. I am young and cool. I even watch MTV sometimes. We are all going to bond, and I am going to get to share my love for Christ with them. It’s going to be great to give them advice and act as a role model.” Well, my experience with the junior high kids did not turn out that ... Read the Post

A Blessing Just for God

My husband and I were driving and talking about his job. He works in the medical field and serves people all day. And like most service-oriented jobs, it’s easy to get burned out. It is hard to work with people on a daily basis because people are not perfect: We are ungrateful, undeserving and unsatisfied. Then I brought up a new topic. God has been doing so much for my husband and me and for our family that I really wanted to bless Him. I wanted to do something special just for God that He wasn’t expecting. “What can we do for God that would really bless Him?” I asked my husband. My ... Read the Post

Achieving our Thrones

Sometimes I become impatient with God’s promises. He has designed each of us for a specific purpose; and if we listen intently enough, we will come to understand that purpose. But why doesn’t God bring that purpose to fruition right away? Why must we obediently wait on the path to that purpose forging our way through circumstances, people and situations that seem wholly unrelated? When I ask these questions in frustration, I think of King David. God promised King David in his youth that he would be king of all Israel, but David had to wait many years and endure many challenges before his ... Read the Post