Daily Devotional: February 8th, 2020

Power Driven

Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.

Job 19:3

Throughout each day we are faced with many temptations, the biggest of which is our drive for power, specifically over others. We see this drive play out as we use negative words against others, gossip about individuals, and even bully them directly.

What can we do to stop this abusive power when we are witnessing it or even the driving force of it? First, if we’re witnessing it, we can speak up and out for the just side, stopping gossip or negative words before they cause any more harm. If your the driving force, it’s stopping yourself and assessing how those words would effect you or how would you directly feel if someone else was saying those things at or about you. Secondly, we can pray for those that are having power used against them and for those that are abusing the power, both are in need of God in their lives, just in different ways.

Prayer

Lord, let us not be tempted to exert power over others, and give us the strength to stand up for those who are in a situation where someone is welding an abusive power over another. In Christ’s name I pray, Amen.