Link to the devotional Love’s Pure Light PDF here:
https://tinyurl.com/yysjvwjm
Psalm 125 1 Kings 18:1-18 Ephesians 6:10-17
𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. John Wesley
John Wesley devoted his entire life to God, preaching countless sermons, penning well-loved hymns of praise, and inviting everyone around him to live a life of holy devotion to Christ. Yet for all that can be said about his life and ministry, his final words, spoken with great effort as lay upon his deathbed, may be th...
Link to the devotional Love’s Pure Light PDF here:
https://tinyurl.com/yysjvwjm
Psalm 125 1 Kings 18:1-18 Ephesians 6:10-17
𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. John Wesley
John Wesley devoted his entire life to God, preaching countless sermons, penning well-loved hymns of praise, and inviting everyone around him to live a life of holy devotion to Christ. Yet for all that can be said about his life and ministry, his final words, spoken with great effort as lay upon his deathbed, may be the most important he ever uttered: “Best of all, God is with us.”
There are no easy answers to the suffering we see in our world or why God allows such evil to persist. Though we remain a joyful people of hope, we know all is not as it should be. Just as we reflect upon the first Advent of Christ, in this season we also long for his return, his second Advent, praying with Christians through the ages, “Come, Lord Jesus” (Rev. 22:20)! The second Advent reminds us that things will not always be as they are today, and that is very good news. All will one day be made right. Night will give way to day, darkness will yield to the light of Christ. As the Psalmist says, “Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning” (Ps. 30:5).
Joy is found in the presence of God, not in the absence of pain. We are not promised a life free of suffering or loss, but are assured that God is with us in these places of great need. As Psalm 125:2 reminds us today, we are surrounded and comforted by a God who is with us and will never leave us. “As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time on and forevermore.”
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲
It is easy to be overcome by the weight of our own pain and suffering. And without discounting the reality of our own need for healing, if we are defeated by our own concerns, it becomes increasingly difficult to give our lives away for the sake of others. As a step in the right direction, take time today to call at least one friend and ask how they are doing and how you can pray for them this week.
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