March 14, 2024 … Jesus Alone Satisfies …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from The Brentwood Baptist Church singing … Who Can Satisfy My Soul … Poignantly and powerfully in worship to God singing of how only our God can satisfy our inner longings.
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Highlight Passage: … Genesis 24:29-30 [NLT] …
29 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry. 30 Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!”.
… Jacob uses Esau’s desperate hunger to trade him food for Esau’s birthright.
Highlight Passage (in context): … Genesis 25:29-34 … USE THIS LINK …
… Jacob satisfies his famished brother, Esau, with stew by demanding Esau’s birthright from their father, Isaac.
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Reference Passage: … Psalms 16:11, 17:15, 37:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings over and over that only God can satisfy our human longings for peace and satisfaction of our desires in life.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 58:11 [NLT] …
1 The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring..
… God promises, thru His Prophet, Isaiah, to ALWAYS provide the needs of His chosen and faithful remnant of believers.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:33 [NLT] …
33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.
… The Apostle Paul teaches and assures fellow Cristians that their (our) God is ALWAYS faithful to show His way out of the (our) trials in life.
Reference Passage: … Romans 15:13 [NLT] …
13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
… God’s Spirit, thru Paul, assures fellow Christians that God provides for the needs of those who trust and follow The Lord.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:11-12, 19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… Paul teaches fellow Christians of the truth that only our God can satisfy the needs of His chosen. born-again, Christians and give them (us) contentment.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Marvin Williams - AT THIS LINK - ells how $1000+ of food was delivered to a home, … because a father gave his six year old son the use of his phone and the boy ordered all the food. When the dad confronted is young son as to why he had ordered the food, the immature, but very bright boy, answered, … ”I was hungry!”
This somewhat silly scenario reminded the ODB author today of the story of how Jacob, in the Old Testament (see highlight passage), was able to swindle his father’s birthright from his famished older brother, Esau, who was willing to trade the birthright for some stew when Esau was depleted and hungry. And how often are we willing to bypass our promises to God for what we WANT in order to satisfy our fleshly or worldly desires, … not realizing or recognizing God’s promises to supply all that we need … ALWAYS!!
So I charge all my readers to take in the linked song and the Reference Scriptures above and and to meditate on them to remember - and be thankful for - all that God can - AND WILL - provide to satisfy our needs … ALWAYS!!!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for providing all I need in life … ALWAYS! …
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to praise and thank our God for providing all we need today … and tomorrow … and ALWAYS. … Amen
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Amen!,
Kjetil!,
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