The Devotional - A Look at the Book #750

by Jesse Abel

Psalm 19:10 – God exceeds our feeble attempt bring out the best or reveal the extreme since He governs Creation with His law, testimony, statutes, commandment, fear and judgments. These are a better gift of God to have, than the finest gold and sweeter than the best honey.

Good Morning

Do you consider yourself as one who endures? Endure what Jesse? Well like enduring a banana split on a hot summer day… you know; the slurping, the goo and the ooze as you try to conquer the melting mess. This is a battle for you alone to win or lose while the eyes of the crowd with you watch because your greedy pleasure refuses their help.

The salmon swims upstream in order to keep her species going, some die in the battle going forward, yet enough survive to lay eggs, but these also die after planting their seed. There is therefore a struggle in all that is done on earth and no matter what the struggle eventually it is followed by death.

Death for most people of the world around us is very scary. If you talk with people on the subject, some become so irritated they have to leave the conversation. Once at a funeral I gave the eulogy for a man I did not even know. I was by an extreme stretch of the imagination a relative. I had no clue of what to say until I looked into the casket and saw that he had a military background. The man was alone in life, a few relatives on my brother’s wife side and no friends.

I said a few words about military life in general and how this man must have known military discipline; discipline that his family could be proud of. I also talked to these few family members about eternity and explained that for this member of the family he already knew more about eternity than they did. Two of the women got up and ran out of the room.

There is this battle; the battlefield is located in the soul of everyone and without exception it is fought in the soul of all mankind. Satan fights God for the claim he has on the soul of the unbelieving. And God reveals victory to those souls the Truth that Jesus has won the battle and paid it all. John 1:12-13 says it this way.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right (authority) to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

So the banana split is good, even on a hot day. Go ahead have one but do not forget that God has planned your eternity with Him; don’t allow the heat of Satan’s plan to destroy and to murder you. God plan is perfect.