Irrevocable.

Reading: Jeremiah 51 and Romans 11

Scripture: Romans 11:29, For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Thoughts: I thank God that His gifts and callings are irrevocable. I know that I have felt that His calling had been taken from me, that His gift was gone and I would lose all I had. This passage is a great reminder that no one can take God’s gifts and callings from us. That does not mean that He will shove them down our throat. The thing with gifts is that first we must receive them until we accept His gifts and that includes the gift of His Son’s sacrifice we have nothing. Also, we can return that gift. Just like returning that odd Christmas or birthday gift we do not have to keep it. Revelation 3:5 says that He will not blot out our name from the book of life but that does not mean that we cannot choose to remove it ourselves.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for your calling and gifts in my life. I stand in awe that you would know me and receive me. I thank you for the provisions that you pour out on me and my family. I thank you for my family. I ask that you help me to recognize those things in my life that distract me from you and those things that lead me into temptation and sin. Please help me to remove those things that take me away from your presence.