I have been writing daily devotions off and on (mostly on) since 1993. That’s a lot of words about our Lord. I’ve tried to look around me and see God’s moving in the daily part of life, as well as in the Word. I think over all those years and with all those words I have surely repeated myself—a lot! If you’ve been reading these devotions for very long, you can probably testify to that.
For me, my daily devotion is just that a daily, current thought about Christ Jesus, my Lord. It’s like daily bread, fresh, new, each morning. I sit with my laptop, I read Scriptures, I look at the world around me, and I think about Jesus.
Yesterday, I was reminded of God’s faithfulness to us … as seen in the flowers blooming all around me. Today I was reading what Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, and I was overcome with wonder.
“It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.” [2 Cor 1:21-22 NLT]
God enables us to stand firm for Christ. God commissioned us (anointed us). God has placed the Holy Spirit in our hearts. God has promised (and guaranteed) an inheritance!
I’ve probably said all that before. And I will probably say all that again. But today, right now, I am basking in all that as if it were the first time I’ve heard it. It’s my daily devotion.
