Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 220
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Don Moen singing … God Will Make A Way … Poignantly singing of how our God will make a way, no matter how difficult it might be to follow.
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Highlight Passage: Amos 5:24 [NLV] …
24 … I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
… God, thru Amos, declares that He wants to see justice and righteousness, no matter how difficult it is, … rather than insincere shows of sacrifice and praise.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Amos 5:10-24 [NLV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The story of Jacob and Esau reconciling in a spirit of mutual forgiveness.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The psalmist declares God’s joy in those who do life the right way - GOD’S WAY.
Reference Passage</u>: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] …
5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
… When we choose to follow God’s way, rather than our own, … no matter how difficult God’s way may be,… He will lead us in the right way.
Reference Passage: … John 7:24 [NLT] …
[Jesus to His followers], “ 24 Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”
… Jesus teaches that we often need to look beneath the service - or the obvious - to find the right and righteous way to go.
Reference Passage: … John 14:6 [NLT] …
6 Jesus told [His disciples], “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
… Jesus clearly teaches His disciples that following Him and His way is the ONLY WAY TO GO.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:9 [NLT] …
9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
… Paul taught - and modeled - that we should ALWAYS seek to do life God’s way which is always the right way.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Winn Collier, AT THIS LINK … used the life example of Rep John Lewis (far right in the photo), who marched with MLK in the 60s to demonstrate the right way to do - the Godly way, … no matter how dangerous or difficult that righteous way may be.
And as Don Moen sings in the linked song, God will often make a way where there seems to be no way, … a very difficult way to follow. But His way is always the right way simply because it’s His way. Perhaps my readers - maybe even today - are seeing a way to follow that seems very VERY difficult to follow; but following the truths in the scriptures above, we know that God’s way is really the ONLY WAY to go.
And so I pray that it is God’s way that we choose to take today.
My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me the way to go today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to take God’s way today, no matter how challenging it may be. … Amen
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