The Divine Pleasure

MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL

Devotion for Friday July 21, 2017

Topic: The Divine Pleasure

Text: Luke 12:27 – 32

In the earlier part of this discourse (Luke 12:4), Jesus had called his disciples “my friends.” He had told them of the troubles of life which awaits them, but at the same time wished to show them how dear they were to Him. Jesus told them to endure trials, lack of necessities and temptations that might come their way for His sake and for the glorious future that awaits them.

Again, He assured them that God will meet their needs (Luke 12:22 – 31). God’s ability to provide does not exempt His people from the common calamities of life. In some respects, they are more exposed to calamities than other people. They have reason therefore to fear, no wonder His words in John 14:1.

The underling fact in our text is that God has provided for them a Kingdom. The glory of it cannot be expressed or conceived, nor will the duration of it ever end (Hebrews 12:28). He has given them this kingdom as their inheritance. The Kingdom is worth making a priority (Luke 12:31) because God will give it to those who faithfully follow Him.

The Kingdom is a certain reality, so God’s people need not to be afraid. Jesus went to prepare a Kingdom for us; a place of blessedness, where evil is fully overcome and where those who live there know only happiness, peace and joy. God’s desire and divine pleasure is for you to be part of His Kingdom. How are you preparing to be part of it?     

Food for thought: If God could give up His Son to die for us, will it be a hard thing for Him to give us His Kingdom?

Memory verse: Luke 12:32

Prayer: Lord God, grant me the grace to be part of your Kingdom in Jesus name Amen.

CAST OFF EVERY WEIGHT Thursday October 8, 2015

CAST OFF EVERY WEIGHT       Thursday October 8, 2015

Text: Hebrews 12:1 – 3                   Memory verse: v 1

There are some things that can hinder our progress in the way to heaven. According to William Burkett, by every weight, it is generally understood to mean “The world, its riches, honours, pleasures, preferment, which often times are a peculiar obstruction to steadiness and perseverance in the profession and practice of Christianity.” These weights must be laid aside, by mortifying our hearts and affections towards the world and all that are in it (1 John 2:15, 16), for it is unreasonable to love these things which give us their weight and burden. Excessive care for the present life, or fondness for it, is a weight that pulls us down when we should soar upwards, and pulls us back when we should press forward thus making our duties harder and heavier than they would be.

Some of the weights that hinder us summed up as love for the world may not necessarily be sin as our text suggests, rather they are some attachments that can make us lose focus and commitment. They could be a formed habit, association, some things that appeal so much to us, etc. Search yourself and know the weight you are carrying.

Food for Thought: Colossians 3:8

Prayer: God, grant me the grace to lay aside every weight that is hindering my commitment to and walk with you in Jesus name.