My resolution for 2020 is to follow the daily meditations contained in David Jeremiah’s Daily in the Presence. If I am able to be true to that commitment, much of what I write in 2020 will spring from his meditations. I would never claim to expand on, improve or contradict the writings of David Jeremiah, whom I greatly admire. I only plan to use him as a springboard and I can think of no better one. You can get a copy of Daily in the Presence by donating to his ministry. https://www.davidjeremiah.org/resources/daily-in-his-presence
According to one source, there are 3573 promises in the Bible. It seems to me someone at some time has managed to pervert every one of them. It’s a great idea to begin the year by focusing on the promises of God. The essence of those promises is that He will provide everything we need. The perversions change that into “everything we want” or “everything we deserve” or “everything my neighbor has.”
What we need is Jesus, nothing else and nothing less.
We have to remember the purposes of God when considering His promises. His purpose is to draw us to Himself through His son. He does that through the beautiful things of this world in nature, in the face of a child in the touch of a loved one. He also does it through pain and suffering. He knows the temporary nature of such things and how they pale in the eternal purpose of life with Him.
He touches us on the shoulder and says, “Here I am.” Sometimes we see and hear him through the beautiful things of life. Sometimes we only hear or turn to Him when things go to hell. Both are acts of His love and that’s a promise.
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