Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 272
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Casting Crowns singing … Only Jesus … poignantly singing of how we Christians often get trapped into trying to build a name for ourselves in this world, … forgetting that “Jesus” is the only Name to be remembered for eternity.
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Highlight Passage: Luke 15:6 [ESV] ...
8 All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
… We learn from God’s “teacher” in Ecclesiastes the truth that our experiences of seeing and hearing will never satisfy the longing for God in our hearts.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… The author of Ecclesiastes, likely Solomon, relates his discovery that pursuits of the flesh satisfy only our vanity and never produce eternal fulfillment.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 103:1-5 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David learned that only the Lord could satisfy his human desires and longings.
Reference Passage</u>: … Proverbs 19:23 [ESV] …
23 The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; He will not be visited by harm.
… Our pursuit of the Lord is the only pursuit which will satisfy our hearts.
Reference Passage: … John 6:35 [ESV] …
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. …
… Jesus is the bread of life and His truth the only real fulfillment in life.
Reference Passage: … John 10:10 [ESV] …
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
… Jesus relates to His followers that HE alone is the only way to an abundant life.
My Devotional Journal:</b> Today's Our Daily Bread</b></i> author, Mike Wittmer, AT THIS LINK writes of the boredom the Apollo 8 crew encountered going to the moon … until they saw the earth rise over the horizon of the moon [see photo], … illustrating how only seeking to know God more intimately can really bring joy and satisfaction to our lives.
It’s true, isn’t it [?], … that we so often try to fulfill our longings with earthly of fleshly pleasures, when only a deep and abiding relationship with Christ can eternally satisfy those longings. That’s what Kings Solomon and David wrote about in the Old Testament (see highlight passage and Ps 103). And it’s what Jesus related to His followers in John 6:35 and 10:10.
And I pray today that any reader here is pursuing the only experience that can bring contentment and fulfillment to our hearts in this life, and that is to know God intimately and to pursue a deeper, more abiding relationship with Him, primarily thru feeding on the “Bread of Life” and His “living waters,” … which we pursue in His word.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for leading me to the “abundant life,” which we find by following Your word.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to seek the only real contentment we’ll ever experience in this life, … and that is to know our Lord more intimately. .… Amen
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