Put away the measuring stick! - All The Word for Today Daily Devotionals for 2025

‘Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”’ John 21:16 NIV

Pastor Reimar Schultze says: ‘The more conscientious we are, the more we … go to bed with some sense that we missed the elusive 100 per cent again … Many precious saints fall for this trap … robbing themselves of the joy of the Lord and the peace … that passes all understanding … We all are familiar with the testimonies of some of the greatest men of God. Many of them, like us … found themselves in the gutters of self-incrimination.’ Moses felt completely unworthy and unable to free Israel from Egypt. Yet how often has God called you to do something and you said the same thing: ‘Who am I, that I should go…?’ (Exodus 3:11 KJV).

Do you think you know more than the One who called you? David tells us throughout the Psalms that God is omnipotent and omnipresent; that He never takes his eyes off us. Then David contradicts himself by declaring, ‘But I am a worm and not a man, …’ (Psalm 22:6 NIV), and ‘I am forgotten as though I were dead; …’ (Psalm 31:12 NIV). Elijah was so depressed that he cried, ‘… It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; …’ (1 Kings 19:4 KJV). Job cursed the day he was born, yet the Bible calls him a ‘blameless and upright’ man who reverenced God (see Job 1:1). Pastor Schultze continues: ‘Measuring our worth to God by our performance will continue to threaten us until the end of time … I absolutely refuse to go to bed going through some kind of checklist on how I did … I would rather ask myself the question Jesus asked Peter … do you love Me with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Again, that is the only test I want to give myself at the end of the day.’ It’s the one that counts most!

SoulFood: Num 30:1 – 32:24 Mark 5:1-10 Ps 44:9-16 Pro 11:10-11