Gospel Chapel Christian daily devotion

GOOD GIFTS

 

James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

Unbelief is concerned with how things will be changed and things will be different tomorrow. We become concerned about what could happen tomorrow, forgetting that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. All of our daily supplies come from the Lord. He doesn't alter or change. What God says is yea and Amen in Christ, He knows our every need; with God there is "...no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

Faith's eye sees not only our unworthiness, but God's faithfulness. As we learn to understand God's faithfulness, we will see it in proportion to what we see as our unworthiness.

LAM 3:22-26 says, "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD."

In the proportion that Jeremiah saw his unworthiness, he saw that the Lord's mercies were renewed every morning. When we see our unworthiness, we realize that if God were to deal with us according to who we are, He would cast us into hell instantly. He has preserved us; we see His long-suffering mercy over the years of our lives. So, why can't we trust Him for tomorrow? All we need to do is obey Him today instead of worrying about tomorrow.

Anxiety sees future trials, faith also sees the God of the future. Which is greater, tomorrow's trials, or God's deliverance in those trials? We will have trials; that is why we read, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." But our text in James 1 should be a comfort to us.

Amen.

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