Looking to God, Our Provider

BIBLE MEDITATION:“For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills." Ps.50:10

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:Do you remember when it was rare to hear of someone whose job was either threatened, or actually lost, due to changes or cutbacks? Well, that’s hardly news anymore.

These days it seems that almost everyone is struggling with financial problems related to job security.

You may be struggling and asking, “What good can possibly come from my financial problems?” They are wonderful opportunities to trust your Heavenly Father for your daily bread. I’ve always said that it’s better to have a Father who owns a bakery than to have a warehouse full of bread!

ACTION POINT:Are you having financial woes? Do you know someone who is? Share with them the Good News of God’s provision and faithfulness. 

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers 

Don't Try to Hurry the Harvest

BIBLE MEDITATION:“. . . the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.” 

James 5:7b

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:Sometimes the things that count the most seem to take the longest to get here.

Some giant sequoias in California are 300 feet tall. That’s the height of a 30 story building! Yet each one began with the smallest of seeds that began growing and maturing since before the time of Christ! That’s a long time.

You may say that you’re going to serve God. Then you start to do something for Him, but when you don’t reap a harvest immediately, you get discouraged. Don’t try to hurry the harvest. In due season, you will reap.

ACTION POINT:Have you shared Christ with people and yet they haven’t been saved? Read Isaiah 55:11 and Romans 10:13 and receive His encouragement.

Dr. Adrian Rogers

Seeing Problems As Potentialities

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“. . . the God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build. . .” Nehemiah 2:20

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Do you have any problems today? You do? Well, I just have one word for you: “Congratulations!”

I don’t want to sound flippant, but I am very serious about my comment. You see, a problem really is an opportunity in disguise. You need to learn that God wants you to see your problems as potentialities and your adversaries as opportunities. 

A Christian is not someone who sees a difficulty in every opportunity, but to the contrary, he’s one who sees an opportunity in every difficulty.

ACTION POINT:

Think of a problem you are struggling through today. Now, get on your knees. Ask God to show you the opportunity hidden away in your struggle that will bring Him glory. 

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Espoused to Christ

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“…Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God.” Revelation 19:1b

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

I’ve never performed a wedding where there wasn’t a beautiful bride, but no bride can compare in beauty to the one we’ll behold when Jesus returns to claim us, the Bride of Christ. 

You see, when we were saved, we were espoused to Christ, and an espousal is a little bit stronger than an engagement. An engagement is a promise to marry, but an espousal is a promise that you belong to this person even though the marriage has not yet been consummated. 

Every child of God already belongs to Him. When we become espoused to Christ, He gives us something better than an engagement ring. He gives us the Holy Spirit.

ACTION POINT:

Read Revelation chapter 19, then spend a few moments worshipping Him.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Longing for His Return

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

God chose the analogy of a wedding to describe the moment when we become one with the Lord Jesus Christ. When we become one with God for all eternity, we’ll know Him in a more intimate way than we know Him now, and God calls that “the marriage of the Lamb.” When I think about the fact that being swept up to meet the Lord in Glory and meeting Him face to face is so fulfilling that the Bible describes it as the consummation of a marriage, I don’t mind telling you that really excites me!

ACTION POINT:

Examine your heart. Does the Second Coming of our Lord make your heart pound with excitement? Do you long for His return and reign?

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Seizing Opportunities to Serve

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:10

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Do you remember the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:30-37? He was on a journey but stopped and helped a bruised and broken man. He didn’t make excuses saying, “It’s none of my business.” It was a golden moment, and he took it. 

All around you are people who need the compassion of Christ. They need you to see their pain as a golden opportunity to serve them in the name of Jesus. 

The chief enemy to kindness is busyness. We have our priorities, our jobs, our duties, our responsibilities, and we’re too busy. But if we’re too busy to be kind, we’re too busy.

ACTION POINT:

What’s on your schedule for today? If someone had a flat tire, could you fix it? If someone called and needed a ride to the hospital, could you take them? Clear the way for Jesus, my friend.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers

Valleys and Mountains in the Life of a Christian

BIBLE MEDITATION:

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

Did you know that it is an impossibility of geography to have a valley without a mountain? They are beautiful complements in God’s grand creation. 

The valley is the place of vision. It is the place of repose and reflection. The mountain is the place of discovery and a place to become strong. 

If you find yourself in a valley, it is because you have come down from a mountain. If you’re on a mountain, you came to that place by way of the valley.

ACTION POINT:

Are you in the valley or on the mountaintop? Read Psalm 46 about the strength of the Lord. Rest and rejoice in His strength, wherever God has you right now. 

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers