Debbie Taylor Williams

If that verse doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will! You can almost hear Jude proclaiming His praise to God. God is our only SAVIOR. It is HE who is able to keep us from stumbling. HE is able to make us stand in the presence of God’s glory with great joy. To Jesus be (say it with me) glory, majesty, dominion and authority! AMEN! 

God our SAVIOR, You are worthy above all to be praised. 

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I wish I wouldn’t sin any more. I long for the day when I don’t mess up. I can’t imagine how freeing that would feel. But, it’s impossible! Or, is it? The fact is, it’s NOT impossible and it will happen to those who have called on Jesus for salvation. How is it possible? God has chosen, by His grace, to sanctify us. That means he has set us apart as His; and as His, He has also taken the taken the responsibility to make sure our holiness comes to completion. That’s something to shout about!

God, I praise You, my SANCTIFIER. Thank You for setting me apart for Yourself and for taking it upon Yourself to sanctify me complete and without blame at the coming of my Lord Jesus Christ.

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Do you ever feel that things change so fast you can hardly keep up?  Does nothing seem the same or like it used to be? If so, take heart. God does not change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Also, be warned. Be alert to shifting standards and morals. If God said it yesterday, His Word stands true today.  

Lord God, thank You that You do not change.  You are the SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, and FOREVER. I Can count on You.

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Has anyone ever sacrificed anything for you? Have they sacrificed their sleep so you could sleep? Have they sacrificed advancing so you could? Have they sacrificed their plans so you could do yours? Sacrifice. Most of us do not willingly sacrifice. Instead, we look out for number one. But Jesus did the opposite. He sacrificed His life for us. He thought of us, not Himself. He sacrificed His life for you. 

Jesus, thank You for willing giving up Your plans, Your comfort, Your life for me; for being a SACRIFICE to God on my behalf so that I might live in His pesence one day. 

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Do you sometimes wonder about our world and what the future holds? Revelation 1:5 gives me great comfort. It reminds me to look heavenward in confidence to the ruler of the kings of the earth.     

Lord Jesus Christ, what a glorious blessing to know that this world is not spinning out of control. You are enthroned, RULER of the KINGS of the EARTH. 

I’ll be honest. Until today, I’ve never understood why Jesus is referred to as the Rose of Sharon. Here’s what I found out from scholar Herbert Lockyer. “Amongst flowers, the rose always and everywhere, with us now and still more in the East and of old, has held the foremost rank; and amongst the rose, the Rose of Sharon was chief. In the words of an ancient author, ‘If a king were set over flowers, it would be the rose that should reign over them, being the ornament of the earth, the splendor of plants, the eye of flowers, the beauty of the field.’ In other words, this title calls to our attention the beautiful fragrance of Christ’s life displayed so spectacularly in His love.    

 Jesus, we look on You in the beauty of Your splendor. You are the sweetest fragrance of all the earth, the ROSE of SHARON. 

Has the news recently reminded you of how dark our world is? Evil is surrounded with darkness. However, God is the opposite. He is the light and even more so. He illumines the darkness. Or, as the psalmist says, God is resplendent. What a wonderful Lord to whom we look.

 

REST. Genesis to Revelation, “rest” is a subject the Bible addresses. In our stressed out generation, it would serve us well to do a Biblical study of the subject. God rested on the 7th day of creation. He established a Sabbath rest. God invites us to enter into His rest. Yes, there are men who carry out wicked schemes. But God tells us to rest in Him and wait patiently for Him. I’m thankful that in God there is rest. 

There IS a domain of darkness. In the Bible, darkness is a metaphor for “darkened” understanding; such as “ignorance about divine things as well as ungodliness and immorality together with their consequent misery in hell.”** 1 John 1:19 explains “the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.” But, Christ Jesus has literally rescued us. Just like a firefighter who dashes into a blazing building, rescues someone, and carries them to safety, our Lord has dashed Satan’s realm, rescued us, and carried us to His kingdom. That’s something to think about with a grateful heart.