Daily devotion 1/17 · In All Things Christ

Daily devotion 1/17

“Happy Nothing Day”

“For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” ~ 1 Timothy 6:7 NIV

National Nothing Day, observed annually on January 16th, is a lighthearted "un-event" created by journalist Harold Pullman Coffin in 1972, giving people a designated day to do absolutely nothing, celebrate nothing, or contemplate the concept of nothingness, often with a touch of irony since it's a recognized "day" about having no activities. Take a moment and meditate on this:

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”(John 15:5 NIV)

So, let me give you a maths question.

Nothing + nothing = ?

Nothing – nothing = ?

Nothing x nothing = ?

Nothing ÷ nothing = ?

NOTHING!!!

But how many of us know that nothing to our Heavenly Father/ Creator/God is an opportunity to create something out of that nothing!!!! Amen!!! God doesn’t rule by human logic, to the human race nothing plus nothing equals to nothing, but our God is a God who creates something out from nothing!!! Read Genesis chapter 1…Amen!!! “And they had nothing to say.”(Luke 14:6 NIV). Out of that nothing, comes our salvation, our life, our relationship with Jesus!! When we hand our lives to Him, He change out nothing into something!!

There are many situation in our life we need more than just hope but expect God to come and do a new work in our life. But we must first get rid of the attitude of expect nothing to expect something!! He created this world out of nothing. Besides that, every miracles come with something, 5 loaves & 2 fishes to feed 5000 people, water turn into wine, a little bit of oil that saves the widow & he son. So today I’ve share enough of NOTHING, all these nothing has many times stop us from doing something which is right. Let’s break this “nothing” mindset, I have nothing I can do nothing, I expect nothing, so that we can do something for God.

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

~ Helen Keller

“You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.”

~ Psalms 44:12 NIV

Amen…

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