March 31, 2022 … Humble Like Jesus

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 90 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Tim McGraw singing … Humble and Kind … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians should ALWAYS seek to be humble and kind in dealing with others.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Luke 14:12-14 [NLT] …  

13 Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 14 Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”  

… Jesus teaches thru a parable to humble ourselves and exercise humility and hospitality by reaching out to the needy rather than catering to the rich and powerful as most would.   

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Luke 14:7-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches the religious leaders about humble service with a parable.                                 

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 11:2, 22:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru Solomon, shows us to live humbly, rather than out of pride. 

Reference Passage: … John 13:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His Disciples in the Upper Room a life lesson on living like Him with humble service to others by washing their feet. 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Paul teaches fellow Christians how we, who are His disciples, must take on the attitude of humility and follow Christ’s living example.  

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter quotes Proverbs 3:34 in teaching that we disciples of Christ must seek to be humble like Jesus. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread< author, Amy Boucher Pie … AT THIS LINK …  tells of an elderly widow in the Chech Republic, who called her home  an “Embassy of the Kingdom of Heaven,” saying, “My home is an extension of Christ’s kingdom,”  which is a perfect example of what Jesus Christ and other Bible authors taught (see Scriptures above) about humble service in living like Jesus … as a humble servant to others rather than living to cater to the rich and powerful as the religious leaders did in Christ’s time on earth.   

And so, my fellow Christians, do you, as do I, feel the probing word of God, maybe in the song by Tim McGraw, calling on us to humble ourselves and to serve God’s kingdom, living like Jesus did in the service of others?  And I don’t know about you, dear friend, but I’m more than a little convicted to be lifted up by our Lord, by serving others more today …. and then in the tomorrows of my life.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … showing us all, as You did by washing the feet of Your disciples in the upper room, to humble ourselves and to humble ourselves as You lead us to opportunities to serve Your kingdom by serving others.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to seize the opportunities You give us, Lord, to serve others in Your kingdom, .. today and tomorrow.      Amen 

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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

March 30, 2022 … White As Snow

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 89 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the Maranatha Singers singing … White As Snow … poignantly singing of how we, as born-again believers, are cleansed by the blood of Christ to be white as snow.  

Cleansed as white as snow ... 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …Isaiah 1:18 [NLT] …  

18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. …  “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.  

… God promises that one day His Messiah will make our sinful hearts clean.  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 1:10-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, rebukes empty sacrifice when the hearts of His people are still stained with sin.                                                   

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Reference Passage : … Psalms 51:10 [NLT] … 

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.  Renew a loyal spirit within me. 

… David’s prayer for cleansing after his confession of his sins with Bathsheba. 

Reference Passage: … John 14:6 [NLT] … 

27 Jesus told him [Thomas and the Disciples in the upper room], “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.  

… Jesus helps His confused disciples to see that the only way to heaven is thru His cleansing blood.    

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 7:1 [NLT] … 

1 Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit.  And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God. </i>

…Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians that we can only be cleansed of our sin thru our fear of God and the cleansing power of Christ’s blood.  

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:7-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… John helps true, born-again, Christians realize that the only way to cleansing of our sin is to bring our sins in humble confession to God’s throne of grace. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Marvin Williams… AT THIS LINK …  … reports that the BBC had revealed a Chinese process of coating clothing with a substance which cleanses the garment of stains when exposed to ultra-violet light.   

And a self-cleaning process for fabrics may be a reality <b>(see photo)</b>; but when it comes to the dreaded stains of our sin, the only way we can find cleansing is through our belief in the truth of Christ’s cleansing powder and His blood which was shed to cleanse us from our sin.  

Oh how I pray that all reading here have availed ourselves of Christ’s cleansing blood, as revealed in the Scriptures above, bringing about the cleansing of the stain of sin from our lives forever. 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for cleansing me of my scarlet sin and making them as white as snow from my life FOREVER.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to confess our scarlet sins today, and always, to have them made as white as snow by Your blood, Lord.      Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

March 29, 2022 … Our Weakness - His Strength

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 88 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Vertical Worship singing … Strength of My Life … poignantly singing of how, in our times of weakness we can look to relying God’s empowering grace to give us His strength. 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 4:17-18 [NLT] … 

17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.  

… Paul points fellow believers to look at the eternal promises Christ offers thru His grace, allowing us to see beyond the current struggles we may be facing now 

Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 4:7-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul, exhorts fellow Christians to look beyond the present trials to the eternal promises of God, fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.                           

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Reference Passage: … 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. 

… God, thru Solomon, promises God’s peace to those who’re willing to humbly surrender and follow Him rather than trying to take control and do life on our own.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus prays and invites His followers and disciples to humbly yoke ourselves to His strength when we’re feeling weak in the turmoil and stresses of life.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:27 [NLT] … 

27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.  

… Jesus promises His disciples PEACE in the upper room, in the midst of their fearing the loss of their Messiah, showing them (and us) God’s promise of His peace in our times of trial.   

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Paul shows fellow Christians, what he had learned from Jesus, the God’s grace would always be sufficient to empower us in times of trouble.  

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Paul to fellow Christians, shows trusting believers how to find God’s peace, which surpasses all human understanding, by taking our troubles to the Lord, humbly and thankfully, in prayer.

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Monica La Rose … AT THIS LINK …  relates a personal experience, when her husband was furloughed during the COVID pandemic, causing them to have to trust in God and to rely on faith to help them to look and work beyond the current troubles, relying on God’s promises to take care of their needs with His enabling grace. 

That’s the promise the Apostle Paul was bringing to oppressed and troubled fellow Christians in the Highlight passage, isn’t it?   Paul’s intimate relationship with Christ had brought him thru many challenging times (USE THIS LINK  to read of those times when Paul endured extreme hardships but kept the faith and followed Christ’s calling on his life.   

Do any of my readers today have any times, now or in the past, when you had to look to trust God to show you the way (see Prov. 3:6-5-6), … any times when you had to hold onto Jesus’ promise of empowering grace in our times of trouble (see 2Cor. 12:9-10.  I’d bet we all have.  Maybe we even need those Scriptures above today.  If so, we can rely on God’s strength when we’re feeling weak.  

Good battle plan, don’t you think?!! 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your strength, Lord, when I’m feeling weak like I am today. .       

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to trust in Your strength today, Lord,  … to carry us thru until tomorrow and on until our eternal calling.     Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK  on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you cansubscribe to the blog via email at that site.

March 28, 2022 … Seeking God’s Peace

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 87 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Gateway singing … Give Me Your Peace … poignantly singing of how we must seek after God’s peace by trusting in Him.  

Seeking and finding God's peace ... 

  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isiah 26:3 [NLT] …  

3 You will keep IN PERFECT PEACE all who trust in You, … all whose thoughts are fixed on You!    

… God’s promise of peace for ALL who choose to trust in God’s grace in the midst of turmoil and trouble in our world.  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 26:3-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God, thru Isaiah’s prophesy, promises His peace to those who trust and fear God.                  

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 34:11-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David, in a moment of life-stressing peril, sings of how he found God’s peace by fearing and trusting in His God.

Reference Passage: … 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. 

… God, thru Solomon, promises God’s peace to those who’re willing to humbly surrender and follow Him rather than trying to take control and do life on our own.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus prays and invites His followers and disciples to humbly yoke ourselves to His strength when we’re feeling weak in the turmoil and stresses of life.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:27 [NLT] … 

27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.  

… Jesus promises His disciples PEACE in the upper room, in the midst of their fearing the loss of their Messiah, showing them (and us) God’s promise of His peace in our times of trial.   

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Paul to fellow Christians, shows trusting believers how to find God’s peace by taking our troubles to the Lord, humbly and thankfully, in prayer.            

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Huang… AT THIS LINK …  relates a personal experience, admitting to being a worrier by nature, but finding herself at peace in the midst of a time of extreme stress at work and realizing that this sense of PEACE could only come by the ODB author’s trust in God.  

Today we’re  all living in a caldron of stress and trial, aren’t we?  We’ve all been dealing with the threat of disease and death in the two year long COVID crisis.  There is great unrest with world-wide political tensions, …. topped off by a war going on in the Ukraine which threatens the world’s peace.  But in the midst of all these stresses and trials, God promises to give us His peace if we’re willing to trust Him (see Scriptures above).   

No question !!!  God certainly offers us His peace; … BUT, … are we willing to trust in Him, humbly and completely.   Because if we are, His peace is ours !!!   

 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … forgiving me Your Your peace if - and when - I’m willing to trust in You.       

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to capture Your peace, Lord, when we come to You with trusting and surrendered hearts.     Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

March 27, 2022 … Humbly Following Christ

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 86

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing … I Will Follow Christ … powerfully singing of how we must humbly surrender and follow Christ no matter what we face in life.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Peter 5:6-7 [NLT] …  

6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.     

… Peter shows fellow persecuted Christians the secret to having His power; and that is humility before His throne of grace. 

Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Peter 5:6-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Peter helps oppressed and persecuted Christians to realize that they only have power to resist persecution thru the power God gives us when we humble ourselves to Him.        

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 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. 

… God, thru Solomon, promises God’s blessing to those who’re willing to humbly surrender and follow Him rather than trying to take control and do life on our own.

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … 

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. <

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to give believers, humbled before God, His strength to cover our weaknesses.  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 16:33 [NLT] … 

33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”  

… Jesus teaches His disciples, in their fears, to rely on Him in the times of fear/doubt they will face in life, … advice we should take in our trials.  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 12: 9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul remembered Jesus’ teaching about providing, thru His empowering grace, all believers in the Lord would need to cover our weaknesses.           

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Bill Crowder… AT THIS LINK …  … quotes Abraham Lincoln. under all the pressures and stress of a broken nation involved in Civil War, saying, … “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”  It shows a leader, humbled, to go to God in the worst trials of life, just as we should be in our trials, seeking God’s strength in surrendering to follow His will.  

Today’s ODB entry is showing us the way to go when we feel too weak to handle the pressures and stresses of life.  And that way is NOT our own way (see Prov. 3:5-6.  No, … the linked song sings of the way we must go when we feel like President Lincoln felt in The Civil War; and that is do what Clay Crosse and his friends sing in that song; and that is to humbly surrender and follow Christ.  

And so, that is why I’m stopping to pray for all of us reading here today; … that we go to God and humbly seek our Lord’s empowering and saving grace, as Peter did in the Highlight passage and Paul did in 2Cor. 12:9-10 when he was confronted with his thorn in the flesh.  But will we humble ourselves to pray like that; … oh, how I pray we do?     

 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …giving me Your empowering grace when I’m willing to humble myself to receive it.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to seek and follow Your way, Lord, and be in surrender to Your will and Your ways.     Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

March 26, 2022 … Living With Integrity

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 85 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Joy Williams singing … Do They See Jesus In Me … poignantly singing of question all Christians need to answer with life choices that reflect Christlikeness.   

Competitive Integrity ... 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 11:3 [NLT] …  

< Honesty (i.e., integrity) guides good people; … dishonesty destroys treacherous people.     

… Living with integrity or dishonesty; … we get to choose.

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 11:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, guides our lives to reflect honesty an integrity in the choices we make.     ===============  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 19:1 [NLT] … 

1 Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool. 

… God, thru Solomon, repeats His admonition to live a life of honesty and integrity.  

Highlight Passage [Context] … Proverbs 28:18 [NLT] … 

18 The blameless will be rescued from harm, but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.  

… God, thru Solomon, promises blessing to those who live upright/honest lives.

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 5:37 [NLT] … 

37 Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one..  

… Jesus commands any disciple of His to make choices which reflect simple integrity.       

Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 8:21 [NLT] … 

21 We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable.  

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to ALWAYS make choices which reflect Christlike integrity.      

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Winn Collier… AT THIS LINK …  relates the story of Kenyan distance runner Abel Mutai, ahead by a significant distance in an international marathon, when he became confused and got off track; but his competitor in second place, Spanish runner, Ivan Anaya, who could’ve taken advantage and won the race, redirected the Kenyan, allowing Mutai to win the race (see photo), … exhibiting the integrity of character we all should have in life.  

And that’s the kind of honesty and integrity that God calls ALL of His disciples to have.  It’s what God, thru Solomon (see Proverbs repetitively above), calls our choices to reflect.  It’s what Jesus called His followers to show in our choices (see Matt 5:37).  And it’s what Joy Williams sings in the linked song; … i.e., for us to live lives for others to see Jesus in our choices.  

What kind of choices will we make today?  Will they be choices where others will see Christlikeness in our lives; or … NOT ???      

 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …giving me the model of Your integrity to live out in my choices today.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to make choices today which reflect Your life, Lord.     Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

March 25, 2022 …Where’s Waldo (and God)?

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 84 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kari Jobe singing … The More i Seek You  … poignantly singing of how the more <u>diligently and trustingly</u> we seek to follow our Lord, the more likely it is that we will find and follow His ways.  

Where's WALDO? ... 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 29:12 [NLT] …  

13 If you look for Me wholeheartedly, you will find Me.    

… God ALWAYS holds out redemption for the remnant of those who believe and WHOLEHEARTEDLY trust in Him.    

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Jeremiah, promises, His exiled remnant of believers, redemption and restoration for those who trust in the Lord with all their (and our) hearts.                                                  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Chronicles 16:8-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… On the day that the Arc of the Covenant was placed in the Tabernacle, King David sang of the truth that those who seek the Lord continually will find Him.    

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 8:17 [NLT] … 

17 I love all who love Me.  Those who search will surely find Me. 

… God, thru Solomon, promises that those who diligently search after God will find Him. 

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 6:33 [NLT] … 

33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need. 

… Jesus reveals how we, seekers after God’s righteous wife, must seek after Him.      

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 7:7-8 [NLT] … 

7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 

… Jesus, in His “Sermon on the Mount,” also promises that those who keep seeking after God’s way in life will find it … if they keep seeking diligently.      

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon… AT THIS LINK …  used the cartoon illustration of “Where’s Waldo” (see photo), where the character of Waldo can be found by searchers in the midst of hundreds of others in the cartoon.  He’s there; but the viewer must search diligently to find him. … {Hey, friend, using a microscope helps!}  

And that’s somewhat what Jeremiah wrote to desperate believers after they had been exiled to Babylon.  And God, thru Jeremiah’s prophesy of the coming Messiah, promised that He, the Lord, would be found by any and all who believed in Messiah’s coming and those who trusted in God’s promises (see Highlight passage).  And then, when Jesus came as the fulfillment of Messianic prophesies, … as our Lord in His sermon on the mount, He promised that He, the Lord, can and will be found by those who truly love Him and by those who seek after Him with their (our) whole hearts (see Matt 6 and 7 above) .  

SO, are we really … DILIGENTLY and TRUSTINGLY … seeking after God’s way, and not trying to do it OUR WAY?   Personally, I need to be seeking with more belief and trust in my Lord.  How about you?       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for ALWAYS being there for me to find You.       

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to keep seeking diligently to follow our Lord’s light out of the darkness of this world.     Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.