Weekly Devotion May 29, 2023

This Devotion was written by Sportsmen Devotional and posted with permission

Bible Study Verse: 1 John 1:5-7

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there

is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,

we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we

have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from

all[a] sin. (NIV©)

Thoughts: Let’s set the scene. A friend of mine had an archery elk tag and I was going

along to help. We could hear a bull bugling as he walked ahead of us in the dark and

decided to try to get in front of him. Have you ever tried to out walk an elk? Let’s just say,

it’s not likely to happen. Anyway, we were hustling through the dark and I tripped on a

rock and went down hard on my left knee. Fortunately, there was no serious damage and

I could continue in the chase. For the record, the elk out walked us. And, one of the

questions I have for the Father when I arrive in heaven is, why did He put so many rocks

in Arizona?

Action Point: Good and evil are characterized in the Bible as light and darkness. If I

claim to be a believer and walk in darkness (evil ways) instead of the light (good ways),

then I am not living in the truth. Who claimed to be “truth?” Jesus did (John 14:6 --

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except

be? If so, this passage promises that, by the blood of Jesus, we will be purified from all

sin. As Jesus says in Matthew 5:16, “In the same way, let your light shine before others,

Sportsmen’s Tip of the Day: Full moon nights can make it fairly easy to move around

after dark. On darker nights, have multiple ways to light your way, including extra

batteries.

Men of the Outdoors