Daily Devotions
"I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Colossians 2:2-3 NLT
NOVEMBER 20
"All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy (zeal). For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may ... serve him (God) with one consent."- Zephaniah 3:8,9
There can be no doubt that this is pictorial language, for should the earth be destroyed by literal fire, there would be no people to whom God could turn a pure language. This scripture foretells the destruction of the world’s ungodly institutions. He then will speak plainly and clearly so everyone will know he is God. Psalms 79:5
November 20
If ye do these things, ye shall never fall. (2 Peter 1:10)
THE contingency is not in the doing of these things perfectly, and regardless of the righteousness of Christ to cover our transgressions and compensate for our daily shortcomings; but if, added to our faith in the imputed righteousness of Christ, we have cultivated all these graces to the extent of our ability, we shall not fall. When we have done all that we can do, we are still unprofitable servants, not daring to trust in our own righeousness, but in the ample robe which is ours by faith in Christ, while, with consistent "diligence," we work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, knowing that the righteousness of Christ is only applied to such as desire to forsake sin and pursue that "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord."
November 20
Wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 27:14
SOME of us have learned by experience that to attempt to go before the Lord in any matter is dangerous. We are not wise enough to guide ourselves. Indeed, as the poet has expressed it, "We fear to touch Things that involve so much." If we could recognize the delicacy of our situation at times, it would make us more modest and cautious. Not only our own interests and eternal glory are at stake, but also the interests of other fellow-members of the body of Christ. A rash word, a thoughtless action, inconsiderateness in any sense of the word might lead to unfavorable conditions of heart, and, even though we gained the promise, it might be by tribulation rather than by the way in which the Lord would lead.
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Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
