Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 132
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Gordon Mote singing … Don’t Let Me Miss the Glory … powerfully singing of how we Christians need to be sensitive to God’s glory all around us.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 48:18 [NLT] …
18 Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
… God’s warning to His people exiled from Babylon for His people to obey His commands
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 48:12-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God admonishes His people thru Isaiah to seek and follow God’s commands to find the righteous life God promises to His obedient followers.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 34:8 [NLT] …
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in Him.
… God, thru King David’s song, charges believers to look around and see God’s goodness.
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.
… Jesus commands all who are His disciples to seek God’s kingdom above all else so that we might receive God’s blessings.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:28 [NLT] …
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.
… Do we recognize and trust that all things in our world were given to us for our good and God’s glory.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:19 [NLT] …
19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from His glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
… We need to trust that our God will supply all our needs from His glorious riches.
Reference Passage: … James 1:17 [NLT] …
17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
… Looking around to see that everything we see comes from our immutable God.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks … AT THIS LINK … tells the true story of a young boy in 1799 who found a huge golden nugget (see photo) in a river on the family farm. The boy took the nugget to his father, who, not recognizing its worth, used the nugget as a door stop for years until it was recognized as gold by a family jeweler, making the family wealthy.
Sometimes - likely too often - we fail to look around us and see our world as God’s blessing, … given to us for our good and God’s glory. That’s what Gordon Mote sings about in the linked song; and the Scriptures above remind us. So, I’m stopping to pray, as I write this, that all of us look around today and see God’s glory, … given to us for our good and to reflect God’s glory.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for providing all things around me for Your glory.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to praise God today for all we see around us, … given to us, for our good and Your glory, Lord. Amen
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