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The Upper Room Devotional 27 March 2022 Sunday

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The Upper Room Devotional 27 March 2022 Sunday

Read and study Today’s Devotional on The Upper Room 27th March 2022, written by Linda P. Hamilton

THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 27 MARCH 2022 SUNDAY

Roses or Potatoes?
Linda P. Hamilton (Colorado, USA)

TODAY’S READING
1 Corinthians 2:6-10

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When I step out in faith, God’s unfolding plans may surprise me.

SCRIPTURE: As it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him — these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. – 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NIV)

The Upper Room Devotional 27 March 2022 Sunday

The instructions for an unusual gardening project looked simple enough. I wedged a cut rose stem into a potato, buried the potato in a dirt-filled flowerpot, and fashioned a tiny greenhouse from an empty water bottle. In a few months, the directions proclaimed, I would have a lovely rosebush. All winter I watered that pot, but had to concede in May that my dry brown stem was dead. Imagine my surprise when a small green sprout eventually appeared — and grew into a thriving potato plant!

The Bible describes many surprises that resulted from following God’s instructions. Samuel went to anoint a king for Israel and discovered that God’s choice was David, a teenager and the youngest of many brothers (1 Sam. 16). Peter found a coin in a fish’s mouth (Matt. 17:24-27). Paul expected to preach in Bithynia but instead traveled to Macedonia (Acts 16:7-10). These and other stories tell us that God’s ways are infinitely surprising. We can’t imagine all that God has planned for us, both in this lifetime and in eternity.

TODAY’S PRAYER
Thank you, Father, for all the things you have prepared for us to be and do. Amen.

PRAYER FOCUS
To embrace God’s surprises

Thanks for reading The Upper Room Devotional 27 March 2022 Sunday
The Upper Room Devotional 27 March 2022 Sunday

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