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Daily Devotionals
Buying God's Gifts 

 

"Peter answered: May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!" Acts 8:20 (NIV)

 

Simon, a man who practiced sorcery, heard Philip preach about Jesus and liked a lot of what he said, he was even baptized. When Peter and John came and began to pray for people to receive the Holy Ghost, Simon desired to have the same ability. He wanted to be able to lay hands on people and have them receive the Holy Spirit the same way Peter and John did, so much so, that he offered to pay them money if they would give him this ability. Simon foolishly thought he could buy the gift of God! He was mistaken!

 

It truly does seem foolish to think someone could buy God's blessings. But, unfortunately that exactly what many believers try to do today. They don't try to purchase them with money, but instead by their good deeds. They believe they can earn God's goodness by being "good" themselves. Well, it didn't work for Simon when he tried to use money, and it won't work for us when we try to use our good deeds. God is good to us and blesses us because of the finished work of Jesus Christ! We call it the finished work, because we don't need to add anything to it. We simply need to rely on it! If you want the BLESSINGS and GOODNESS of God to overflow into your daily life, rely on the work of Jesus, and not your own! Trust in what Jesus did to make you right with God, and then just simply allow your Father in Heaven to lavish you with His GOODNESS! God stands ready to BLESS you in magnificent ways because of what Jesus did; allow Him to do so!! Let God bless you because He loves you! When we try to earn God's blessings we miss them. All we need to do is lean back on Jesus, fully trusting in Him, and allow our Father to open the windows of Heaven and pour out His love and goodness upon us! Be BLESSED!!

 

"God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it." Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)


 



 

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