Upside-Down: November 7, 2014

TODAYS WORD FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2014.

UPSIDE-DOWN

DEFINITION:

Complete disorder or topsy-turvy.

SCRIPTURE:

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

We must understand this fact: We are living in an upside-down world. Here is what we mean so you can understand our definition of an upside-down world.

People hate when they should love. People quarrel when they should be friendly. People fight when they should be peaceful. People wound when they should heal. People steal when they should share. People do wrong when they should do right. What we are saying is that people have lost any feelings they may have had to think of others. They do not understand the Biblical principles that America was founded on.

Have you ever seen a toy clown that has a weight in its head? No matter what position you put this clown in it always assumed an upside-down position. You could carefully place it on its feet or on its side but when you let go of it, the clown would always flip back on its head.

People that do not know Jesus today are just like this clown. You can talk to them, encourage them but when you leave them they always revert to an upside-down position.

That is why the disciples of Jesus were considered misfits to the world they lived in. To an upside-down person, a right side-up person seems upside-down.

To a sinner, one who does not know Jesus as their Savior, a righteous person, one who has accepted Jesus as their Savior, is an oddity and abnormal. A Christian’s goodness is a rebuke to the wicked because his being right side-up is a reflection upon the world’s inverted positions on the things of life.

We challenge you today to take your eyes off of the world of confusion and evil. They are living upside-down. Focus your eyes and heart on Jesus.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Philippians 2:4.

Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

PRAYER:

Help me, dear Lord, to imitate what is good in life and not on the evil we witness daily. Guide me as I tell my family and friends that he who does good and lives a life that is not upside-down is of God.