December 01
DEVOTION TODAY Have you had yours?
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By: Pastor Aaron Clark
I, even I am He that comforteth you. (Isaiah 51:12)
Of all the things we seek comfort in, there is only one thing we really
want. The devil has managed to distract all of us, at one time or
another, simultaneously deceiving us into believing that the death he
camouflages, will bring us exactly what we're looking for. All we found
was heartache, heartbreak, disappointment, and failure; and back on
the hunt we went. So, what is it that the whole world is looking for?
What are billions of dollars wasted on, marriages dissolved for,
marches, boycotts, wars, and riots for?
I am convinced that what the whole world is looking for is peace. By
whatever means we have sought it; wine, women, song, shopping, war,
control, or power; what we really want is peace. For example, most of us
who desire to be rich, desire it to relieve ourselves of financial turmoil.
That is, we want peace financially. Others desire riches for the power it
brings to control our surroundings.
Riches can solve a lot of problems but they can not buy you peace.
This subtle message is what has people going in so many different
directions. The devil has people deceived into thinking that peace is
everywhere but in Jesus. His ministers support his doctrine with
messages that point people to Jesus, but only as a means to get their
problems solved. When Jesus saves us and looks to glorify God and
God only in us, this clashes with the lie that He'll fix all our problems.
Jesus says, "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came
not to send peace, but a sword." (Matthew 10:34) Still, there is an
insistence on finding, in this world, what Jesus said you will not; and the
devil is there to assist all who believe they will. We have one problem
that we need solved right away: the grave! While we're alive, Jesus
says, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you." (John 14:27) Knowing pains of being called is
vital.
To look for peace anywhere but in Jesus is the shortest path
destruction, even though it could take a long time. How many will live
their whole life and never come to Jesus for peace! Jesus says, "If thou
hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong
unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes." (Luke 19:42)
Trying to get the peace of God without God, is what leads to all
manner of evil. Jesus is the Prince of Peace and God is the God of all
Peace. Jesus is the door and no man comes to God but by Him.
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Of all the things we seek comfort in, there is only one thing we really
want. The devil has managed to distract all of us, at one time or
another, simultaneously deceiving us into believing that the death he
camouflages, will bring us exactly what we're looking for. All we found
was heartache, heartbreak, disappointment, and failure; and back on
the hunt we went. So, what is it that the whole world is looking for?
What are billions of dollars wasted on, marriages dissolved for,
marches, boycotts, wars, and riots for?
I am convinced that what the whole world is looking for is peace. By
whatever means we have sought it; wine, women, song, shopping, war,
control, or power; what we really want is peace. For example, most of us
who desire to be rich, desire it to relieve ourselves of financial turmoil.
That is, we want peace financially. Others desire riches for the power it
brings to control our surroundings.
Riches can solve a lot of problems but they can not buy you peace.
This subtle message is what has people going in so many different
directions. The devil has people deceived into thinking that peace is
everywhere but in Jesus. His ministers support his doctrine with
messages that point people to Jesus, but only as a means to get their
problems solved. When Jesus saves us and looks to glorify God and
God only in us, this clashes with the lie that He'll fix all our problems.
Jesus says, "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came
not to send peace, but a sword." (Matthew 10:34) Still, there is an
insistence on finding, in this world, what Jesus said you will not; and the
devil is there to assist all who believe they will. We have one problem
that we need solved right away: the grave! While we're alive, Jesus
says, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you." (John 14:27) Knowing pains of being called is
vital.
To look for peace anywhere but in Jesus is the shortest path
destruction, even though it could take a long time. How many will live
their whole life and never come to Jesus for peace! Jesus says, "If thou
hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong
unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes." (Luke 19:42)
Trying to get the peace of God without God, is what leads to all
manner of evil. Jesus is the Prince of Peace and God is the God of all
Peace. Jesus is the door and no man comes to God but by Him.
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