2 weeks ago, I copied a Devotion (that I have emailed to me daily) to my Facebook notes. I tagged a friend. I'm still processing how F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C it felt to hear how much my note meant to Karen.
Here's the note from FB:
Author: Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Morning: The Promise is for You
"I will never leave thee."
--Hebrews 13:5
No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink. When He openeth a granary-door to give out food, there may be some one starving man who is the occasion of its being opened, but all hungry saints may come and feed too. Whether He gave the word to Abraham or to Moses, matters not, O believer; He has given it to thee as one of the covenanted seed. There is not a high blessing too lofty for thee, nor a wide mercy too extensive for thee. Lift up now thine eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, for all this is thine. Climb to Pisgah's top, and view the utmost limit of the divine promise, for the land is all thine own. There is not a brook of living water of which thou mayst not drink. If the land floweth with milk and honey, eat the honey and drink the milk, for both are thine. Be thou bold to believe, for He hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." In this promise, God gives to His people everything. "I will never leave thee." Then no attribute of God can cease to be engaged for us.
Is He mighty? He will show Himself strong on the behalf of them that trust Him. Is He love? Then with lovingkindness will He have mercy upon us. Whatever attributes may compose the character of Deity, every one of them to its fullest extent shall be engaged on our side. To put everything in one, there is nothing you can want, there is nothing you can ask for, there is nothing you can need in time or in eternity, there is nothing living, nothing dying, there is nothing in this world, nothing in the next world, there is nothing now, nothing at the resurrection-morning, nothing in heaven which is not contained in this text--"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
Morning: The Promise is for You
"I will never leave thee."
--Hebrews 13:5
No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink. When He openeth a granary-door to give out food, there may be some one starving man who is the occasion of its being opened, but all hungry saints may come and feed too. Whether He gave the word to Abraham or to Moses, matters not, O believer; He has given it to thee as one of the covenanted seed. There is not a high blessing too lofty for thee, nor a wide mercy too extensive for thee. Lift up now thine eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, for all this is thine. Climb to Pisgah's top, and view the utmost limit of the divine promise, for the land is all thine own. There is not a brook of living water of which thou mayst not drink. If the land floweth with milk and honey, eat the honey and drink the milk, for both are thine. Be thou bold to believe, for He hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." In this promise, God gives to His people everything. "I will never leave thee." Then no attribute of God can cease to be engaged for us.
Is He mighty? He will show Himself strong on the behalf of them that trust Him. Is He love? Then with lovingkindness will He have mercy upon us. Whatever attributes may compose the character of Deity, every one of them to its fullest extent shall be engaged on our side. To put everything in one, there is nothing you can want, there is nothing you can ask for, there is nothing you can need in time or in eternity, there is nothing living, nothing dying, there is nothing in this world, nothing in the next world, there is nothing now, nothing at the resurrection-morning, nothing in heaven which is not contained in this text--"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
Today, this was a great reminder about how "it's not all about me." Even the blessings that HE sends to me...in overflowing ways bless so many others. When God shows me His Power... it is for everyone to see.
Karen, The letter you're requesting for Jenni goes so perfectly with the devotion I read this morning. When God blessed you (through Jenni)...HE BLESSED ME! I'm SO encouraged to see God bless my family...because I KNOW the ripples will touch many.
Now...go watch her vlog. I'll wait. I almost can't stand it that God used me to speak his truth to encourage a friend. Somehow it's been easier for me to BE encouraged than to feel that I have anything to share...to encourage another. I feel so unworthy to be a vessel for the outpouring of HIS LOVE...even though that is my heart's desire. I'm still soaking it in, that all we've been GIVEN is not because we're special (although we are Loved by a Heavenly Father who's LOVE is unmeasurable)...but because He intends to use this vessel to display How M.I.G.H.T.Y HE Is!
I pray that you might be encouraged too....
4 comments:
Good of you to acknowledge that it's slightly uncomfortable for you. It's easy to be about God's Will when it's comfortable...
He is MIGHTY, indeed.
And I am so thankful for how He speaks. *very big grin*
Wonderful! Reading your posts makes me smile and think. Good things.
Hey, your note for Jenni arrived this weekend. Thank you!
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