Consider Yourself Worthy of God's Blessings

Baptist Daily Devotional
Jul 30
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Rev. Enoch Thompson | July 30 2025 | Acts 13:44-48

KEY VERSE: “Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. ”_ Acts 13:46 (NIV)

MESSAGE:

It is the usual thing that we are told to consider ourselves unworthy of the goodness and mercies of God, and that is true since sin separated us from God, and even after we have become born again through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the old thought of our undeserved status still lingers with us. Religious thinking makes us think ourselves unworthy of God and His blessings, and our backgrounds and experiences may reinforce this sense of unworthiness.

But in the preaching of the Good News, God would have us think differently about our approach to His abundant goodness, and to approach Him and walk with Him in confidence. Coming to believe in Jesus Christ in the first place requires a certain amount of counting ourselves worthy of the goodness of God, not because we are worthy in ourselves, but that the mercy of God has made us worthy to access His blessings.

When the Jews in Pisidian Antioch rejected the message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ the Apostle Paul pointed out to them that it is not God who had disowned them but that it is they who “do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life.” (Acts 13:46). On the other hand, the Gentiles when they heard the same message counted themselves worthy of the offer of salvation, and in accepting it honoured the Lord (verse 48).

FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:

The offer of eternal life and all the spiritual and material blessings of God are offered freely to you; would you come boldly and count yourself worthy to begin to walk in the eternal life?

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, I come with humility to the banquet table not because I have anything in myself to make me deserve, but that you have invited me, and thereby made me worthy. Please help me to trust more and more in your making me worthy, and to walk in the confidence that comes from honouring you, day by day. “ Just as I am, I come.” For your dear Name’s sake, Amen.

THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.

SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!

The 365 DAILY BIBLE READING Day 211: 1 Kings 13 — The Man of God and the Disobedient Prophet

DAILY word study: WORTHY The Greek word used here is ἄξιος (axios), which means “deserving,” “fit,” or “suitable.” It was often used to speak of someone matching the value of what they receive.

In Acts 13:46, Paul wasn’t saying the Jews lacked value. He meant they chose not to receive what matched the value of what was offered—eternal life. They saw themselves as unfit for it. The Gentiles, however, believed and received it joyfully.

Believing the gospel means accepting that God made you fit to receive what He freely gives—not through your efforts, but through Christ.

Reflect on this:

Rejecting God’s gift doesn’t change its value — but it does keep you from enjoying it