Daily Devotional
Do you need security?
January 7, 2020
BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have…” (Hebrews 13:5).
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
If you want to face a new year without fear, you need to know the contentment of His provision. Discontent is a disease that breeds fear. The secret of content is not wanting what we do not have but being grateful for what we do have. Contentment is not having what we want but wanting what we have.
You say, “That’s just preacher-talk.” Well, I'll tell you this much. I wouldn’t sell the contentment I have in Jesus Christ for any price you could name. I am content in the Lord Jesus. That doesn't mean I'm satisfied with myself, but that along with the Apostle Paul I can say it gladly and surely: “I can do all things through Christ who is pouring His life into me,” and “I have learned that whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
ACTION POINT:
If you want the source of your satisfaction, your sufficiency, and your security to be steadfast, then you must find it in the Lord Jesus Christ. As the hymn “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” says, “All other ground is sinking sand.”
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
Front Porch Moments by Gayle Foster
WITH KEY INSIGHTS FROM HER FATHER, ADRIAN ROGERS
I try to unplug each morning with Jesus with just my rocking chair, my Bible, and a pen.
Having a secret place is very important because I know that Jesus is always there waiting for me. I know where I can find Him! His presence is everywhere, but there are places where it is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You may not even have a front porch, but there is a secret place for you as well. God’s invitations are for anyone who will respond. There is no more important request than the one found in Psalm 27:8: “My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”
