The Devotional - A Look at the Book #729

by Jesse Abel

Psalm 119:45 Shackled is not an experience for the most of us, we do not know what it is like to drag a chain around daily. Or do we? There is this area of the mind, a mental attitude so to speak where my spirit can feel the weight of sin, I've no liberty to move about. My soul says;” I will seek the precepts of God, and He alone will set me free!”

Good Morning

Here are some questions that can creep into our personal minds. Is God enough? Psalm 32:1-5; Can God meet all of my needs, spiritual, physical and mental? Psalm 32:6-7; Is it weakness in life that causes me to be burnt out? Psalm 32:8-9; does the weight of troubles cast an unwanted shadow over my life? Psalm 32:10-11.

It is not easy for us to admit that most of our day is spent ignoring God and that His Truth will be the only trustworthy source of victory. One cause is that the world around us has so many ways to distract. Like emotional, clinical and chemical just to name the top three; here is the rub.

All of us have used the emotions and the physical and mental solutions; we have even used drugs, legal and illegal and if you seriously look back at those efforts to right the sinking boat all we observe is the waste and the boat still leaks and capsizing is still a threat. The world around us has no solution for the problem that personal sin causes.

Now I am not against doctors, lawyers or even the candle-stick maker. God has blessed all of these professions in life to do good and when used properly the outcome is often very good. We ought to use the professional benefits of life, remembering that when we use them they are used in a world where “good and evil” exist. And now it is your turn to say; “O Bausch, Jesse!” does good and evil really exist in today’s world? Without controversy; Yes!

Human good and evil is the breeding soil for sin to grow; it grows like weed in your garden of life. Genesis 3:17-19

God alone provides; victory over good and evil by removing sin. What is sin? Sin is failure to come to God for the only solution that overcomes; despair, loss, failure, pain, suffering, life, and death by trying to solve our sin problem without His help. The thirsty soul will seek refreshment from God because He alone is the genuine contentment that provides peace in the soul and the satisfying joy of His personal touch in your life. We can lose sight that God is not only necessary, but He is also enough. With Him we are more than conquerors. John 11:17-27 and Romans 8:37-39