{"id":1365,"date":"2010-08-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:27","slug":"its-not-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/its-not-me\/","title":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S NOT ME!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revelation 3:3<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRemember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One Sunday my wife and I were traveling to southern California on I-5. We had planned to stop at some church for worship, but as time slipped away we knew that we would be late for any service where we stopped . . . but at least we would be in time for the message.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, when we did arrive at a church, a soprano was wailing (sorry) through a special number in song. Mercifully she concluded and the pastor eagerly walked to the pulpit with a huge smile on his face. As I recall he said something like this: \u201cToday we are blessed to have a special message by a Gideon Bible representative, so we will turn the service over to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think you know what is coming, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

He stared directly at me, as did about every eye in the church. I didn\u2019t dare move a muscle, but stared back at the pastor. His smile faded and was replaced by a look of utter panic as he said, \u201cUm, er, ah, I guess we do not have a Gideon representative with us after all.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Folks, I want to say that he must not have been a Boy Scout in his youth, for he was not prepared. I wonder how many of us would be prepared to share something meaningful from God\u2019s Word in such a situation. One more penetrating question . . . If Jesus were to call you home to be with Him right now, would you be prepared to give Him an answer for your life? Something to think about!<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n

360-570-0074
\nPastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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