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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Saturday, April 13, 2019
Audio Link: http://bit.ly/ThoughtsinWorship
This is devotional thought number 2 in our devotional series titled, “The Faith I Live By”
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).
Have you ever been hungry? When I ask this, I am not talking about missing a meal or two, hungry. Have you ever been so hungry that you were weak, unfocused, and had the metal taste in your mouth with a film on your tongue you just could not brush off? Have you ever been thirsty? When I ask this, I don’t mean that you were delinquent in your water intake for most of the day and your throat is dry. I mean, like riding a bicycle for 50 miles on a summer day with the sun beating on your helmet, and suddenly feeling your head beating with pain, mind being confused, and your muscles refusing to cooperate with your brain’s commands. I have been hungry. I have been thirsty. The question is whether I have been hungry or thirsty after righteousness? Have you?
When we have a real grasp of our sin condition and how far it drives us away from God if we do not repent; when we have an inkling of the struggle required to push against our sinful selves, and the devil, having tried time and time again to attain victory in our own strength, but failed - then, we may have a preliminary handle on our extreme need of Christ. Then, we may have an inkling of desperation for the Bread and Water of Life.
Our theme text is so sweet because it shows us God’s ability and availability to supply our need. What good is it for God to help us sense our need of righteousness and then leave us to die of spiritual hunger or thirst? He would not do that. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit awakens within us, our consciousness of our need of Him, and then empowers us to receive the satisfying banquet of God’s grace, to supply our need to be filled. Isn’t God good? What’s more, is that He won’t even charge us for the blessing. He said, “Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.” (Isaiah 55:1–3, NET). “...whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14).
By God’s grace, this is the faith I live by, let this be the same for you, in Jesus’ name.—L. David Harris (http://bit.ly/BQuotable)
#theprotestisnotover #thefaithiliveby
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Saturday, April 13, 2019
Audio Link: http://bit.ly/ThoughtsinWorship
This is devotional thought number 2 in our devotional series titled, “The Faith I Live By”
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).
Have you ever been hungry? When I ask this, I am not talking about missing a meal or two, hungry. Have you ever been so hungry that you were weak, unfocused, and had the metal taste in your mouth with a film on your tongue you just could not brush off? Have you ever been thirsty? When I ask this, I don’t mean that you were delinquent in your water intake for most of the day and your throat is dry. I mean, like riding a bicycle for 50 miles on a summer day with the sun beating on your helmet, and suddenly feeling your head beating with pain, mind being confused, and your muscles refusing to cooperate with your brain’s commands. I have been hungry. I have been thirsty. The question is whether I have been hungry or thirsty after righteousness? Have you?
When we have a real grasp of our sin condition and how far it drives us away from God if we do not repent; when we have an inkling of the struggle required to push against our sinful selves, and the devil, having tried time and time again to attain victory in our own strength, but failed - then, we may have a preliminary handle on our extreme need of Christ. Then, we may have an inkling of desperation for the Bread and Water of Life.
Our theme text is so sweet because it shows us God’s ability and availability to supply our need. What good is it for God to help us sense our need of righteousness and then leave us to die of spiritual hunger or thirst? He would not do that. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit awakens within us, our consciousness of our need of Him, and then empowers us to receive the satisfying banquet of God’s grace, to supply our need to be filled. Isn’t God good? What’s more, is that He won’t even charge us for the blessing. He said, “Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.” (Isaiah 55:1–3, NET). “...whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14).
By God’s grace, this is the faith I live by, let this be the same for you, in Jesus’ name.—L. David Harris (http://bit.ly/BQuotable)
#theprotestisnotover #thefaithiliveby
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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Saturday, April 13, 2019
Audio Link: http://bit.ly/ThoughtsinWorship
This is devotional thought number 2 in our devotional series titled, “The Faith I Live By”
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).
Have you ever been hungry? When I ask this, I am not talking about missing a meal or two, hungry. Have you ever been so hungry that you were weak, unfocused, and had the metal taste in your mouth with a film on your tongue you just could not brush off? Have you ever been thirsty? When I ask this, I don’t mean that you were delinquent in your water intake for most of the day and your throat is dry. I mean, like riding a bicycle for 50 miles on a summer day with the sun beating on your helmet, and suddenly feeling your head beating with pain, mind being confused, and your muscles refusing to cooperate with your brain’s commands. I have been hungry. I have been thirsty. The question is whether I have been hungry or thirsty after righteousness? Have you?
When we have a real grasp of our sin condition and how far it drives us away from God if we do not repent; when we have an inkling of the struggle required to push against our sinful selves, and the devil, having tried time and time again to attain victory in our own strength, but failed - then, we may have a preliminary handle on our extreme need of Christ. Then, we may have an inkling of desperation for the Bread and Water of Life.
Our theme text is so sweet because it shows us God’s ability and availability to supply our need. What good is it for God to help us sense our need of righteousness and then leave us to die of spiritual hunger or thirst? He would not do that. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit awakens within us, our consciousness of our need of Him, and then empowers us to receive the satisfying banquet of God’s grace, to supply our need to be filled. Isn’t God good? What’s more, is that He won’t even charge us for the blessing. He said, “Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.” (Isaiah 55:1–3, NET). “...whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14).
By God’s grace, this is the faith I live by, let this be the same for you, in Jesus’ name.—L. David Harris (http://bit.ly/BQuotable)
#theprotestisnotover #thefaithiliveby
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Saturday, April 13, 2019
Audio Link: http://bit.ly/ThoughtsinWorship
This is devotional thought number 2 in our devotional series titled, “The Faith I Live By”
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).
Have you ever been hungry? When I ask this, I am not talking about missing a meal or two, hungry. Have you ever been so hungry that you were weak, unfocused, and had the metal taste in your mouth with a film on your tongue you just could not brush off? Have you ever been thirsty? When I ask this, I don’t mean that you were delinquent in your water intake for most of the day and your throat is dry. I mean, like riding a bicycle for 50 miles on a summer day with the sun beating on your helmet, and suddenly feeling your head beating with pain, mind being confused, and your muscles refusing to cooperate with your brain’s commands. I have been hungry. I have been thirsty. The question is whether I have been hungry or thirsty after righteousness? Have you?
When we have a real grasp of our sin condition and how far it drives us away from God if we do not repent; when we have an inkling of the struggle required to push against our sinful selves, and the devil, having tried time and time again to attain victory in our own strength, but failed - then, we may have a preliminary handle on our extreme need of Christ. Then, we may have an inkling of desperation for the Bread and Water of Life.
Our theme text is so sweet because it shows us God’s ability and availability to supply our need. What good is it for God to help us sense our need of righteousness and then leave us to die of spiritual hunger or thirst? He would not do that. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit awakens within us, our consciousness of our need of Him, and then empowers us to receive the satisfying banquet of God’s grace, to supply our need to be filled. Isn’t God good? What’s more, is that He won’t even charge us for the blessing. He said, “Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.” (Isaiah 55:1–3, NET). “...whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14).
By God’s grace, this is the faith I live by, let this be the same for you, in Jesus’ name.—L. David Harris (http://bit.ly/BQuotable)
#theprotestisnotover #thefaithiliveby