TODAY’S WORD FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, 2014.
EMPTINESS
Containing nothing; devoid of contents; hollow; meaningless; lost vitality.
But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness.
II Timothy 2:16.
The apostle Paul in the verse we have written above is reminding Timothy to teach his workers not to wrangle with words but for them to be diligent in their working for the Lord.
Many parents today cannot recognize emptiness in their children. But the fact is that most young people today are living a frustrated life with no hope. Parents do not recognize this because they do not communicate with their children.
The other day a dean of a large American university was asked by a news reporter, “What is the greatest problem at this university?” He paused for a moment and then told the reporter just one word: “Emptiness.”
His reasoning was that he felt that most of the students he talked to were bored with life, lonely and searching for something. He went on to report that a wealthy father of a girl in the university, who the Dean new well, told him that his daughter came home for Christmas break and said to her father, “I want something in life but I do not know what it is.”
It is our belief that if this father had spent the time daily communicating to his daughter when she was growing up, they would not be in this position. The sad fact is that the father when asked this question by his daughter had no answer.
We learned, through our parents the importance of daily communication with our children. We have mentioned many times in previous devotionals that we always had dinner with all of our family. There were to be no excuses by us as parents or by any of our six children. This was a time around the table that we discussed all the good things that happened that day and the bad things.
We always then read a portion of the scripture, memorized together a verse from the Bible and prayed together. We desired it to be a time of real communication and fellowship, not worldly and idle chatter.
This is a special day for our family -- December 17.
Our six children and 20 grandchildren will be celebrating with Dottie on this her 80th birthday. There are many things we all can say about Dottie and one of them is that she is VERY CARING to all her family and friends. This was my (Ken’s) little salute to Dottie. By the way you may want to send an email to her on this special day.
Now back to the WORD for the day, emptiness. David said concerning emptiness in Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” He also said in Psalm 34:10, “Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” The Apostle Paul expressed it, “I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.” You do not have to throw up your hands and give up on life. You can have God’s peace, God’s joy, God’s happiness, God’s security, and your life can become the most thrilling life in the world. Say good-by to loneliness, being bored and searching for something.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Luke 2:14.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
Help me to be a person that You can use. Keep me alert to the concerns of my family first and then to my neighbors and friends. Give me the strength and discernment to be that person that honors You to those that need You today.
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