UCB Word for Today 12th December 2022 Monday Daily Devotional Message (United Christian Broadcasters)
ReadĀ UCB Word For Today 12th December 2022 Devotional for Monday
TOPIC:Ā Be Sensitive to Others
SCRIPTURE: āNot looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.ā
Philippians 2:4 NIV
UCB WORD FOR TODAY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE
Often in a relationship or friendship, we are unaware the other personās needs. We become calloused. We stop listening. Weāre oblivious to the pressure theyāre under. Simply stated, the root of many problems in a relationship is insensitivity. Everyone you meet needs kindness. The people who sit around you in church have major hurts; youāre just unaware of them.
We find a great example of sensitivity in the life of King David. Davidās friend, Jonathan ā Saulās son ā had been killed. Now, safely enthroned for several years, David made a rare request. He asked if anyone was left in Saulās family that he could help. He discovered Saulās grandson ā Jonathanās son ā Mephibosheth, who was injured in both feet. When David sent for him, Mephibosheth almost certainly thought, āIām going to be killed because I am a member of the enemyās family, the old dynasty.ā But notice Davidās words: āDonāt be afraidā¦for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my tableā (2 Samuel 9:7 NIV).
Mephiboshethās reaction is interesting: āWhat is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?ā (v. 8 NIV). He felt like a dog and expected to be treated like one. But the point you need to notice is this: David took time, made the effort, and was sensitive to his needs. One of the dangers of success is that the pressures that accompany it can make you insensitive towards others. Question: to whom do you need to become more sensitive today?
DAILY BIBLE READING: Amos 7-9, Revelation 5
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