#JESUS2019 - Daily Devotionalsनमूना

Do you feel like things are pretty great right now? Does it feel like it is summer in your life?! Personally, I love summer. Maybe you have also experienced that in the summer months we can easily forget to come to God and to intentionally spend time with him. I mean, everything is going great. But it doesn’t stay summer forever, right? How about the seasons that feel grey and wet? Perhaps that is the kind of season you currently find yourself in, and maybe life is not going well for you at all.

Whenever sheep get cold or hungry, they can go into their sheepfold for shelter and food. The fold also supplies shelter from wolves and thieves. Sheep that don’t go inside during the cold winter seasons put themselves in danger.

Just like the sheep that can go into the fold during winter seasons, you can come to God when life has its challenges. When it is cold outside and you are stuck in a winter season, you can come to God for comfort and warmth at anytime. Are you in such a season right now? Then get up and go to Jesus, who has prepared a place where you can find rest, strength and comfort. You can experience forgiveness, find healing and be filled with new hope. You are a child of God — you can lay down all your burdens on him.

So often when we are in these seasons we allow the voices of people to confuse us. But wolves and thieves cannot stand a chance against Jesus. Do not live dangerously by trying to get through life by yourself. If you want to live dangerously, do it with God’s strength and show the wolves who is boss.

And even in the warm summer days, make it a habit to come to the fold regularly. Even sheep have to come in for water and food. Just because things are going well right now, doesn’t mean you don’t need your time with Jesus. The habits you develop in good times will sustain you in the winter seasons. The door to Jesus is the best door you can walk through. Wolves and thieves do not only appear during winter. Know where your fold is and come to Jesus regularly. 

ACTION STEPS: 

1. Find a Group. Share your heart. Be honest, especially in the winter seasons.
2. Call a friend today to talk about your “time in the fold”, and encourage each other to keep going. 

René Wagner - ICF Leipzig