Grow in God's Love Each Morning!

Word Of God:

“I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.”- Psalm 116:1-2

Daily Devotion:

Paupers turned Princes

"To him who overcomes,I will give the right to sit with Me on My throne" (Rev 3:21)

The salvation that God has provided for us is great and is full of splendour and wonder. For through His salvation He has promised full restoration unto us of dominion over all creation. Reminiscing over this the Psalmist says, "What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him? You made him a little lower than the angels, You crowned him with glory and honour, and set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet" (Heb 2:5-7; Psa 8:6).

Indeed, what is man, compared to the majesty and vastness of God's creation? We are infinitesimal and insignificant. This passage further adds that man is made a little lower than the angels. Angels can go anywhere because they are spirits. Also they don't die! But it is appointed unto men to die. Man is limited to space and time. In spite of the fact that man is created lower than the angels, God gave him dominion over the earth (Gen 1:28). But when man disobeyed God and sinned, he lost this dominion and was filled with fear and guilt. God did not leave him there but provided for him salvation through His Son. This salvation is restoration of "glory and honour."

The story of the prodigal son best illustrates this truth. His father provided him the best robe, a ring and sandals and a feast of "fatted calf." Thus he was fully and joyfully restored to relationship with the father, and position, power and dignity in the family. The son came to be just accepted as a servant, but the father restored him to a place of original authority with him in the house by giving him a ring! This is what salvation is. Promotion from dunghill to the Throne!

There is both a present and a future element in our restored authority. Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth." Which is why even the demons obeyed the dictates of the seventy disciples. We all can enjoy this authority over the powers of darkness which war against men and our souls. However, the completion of our restoration is still in the future. That's why we read, "But now we do not yet see all things put under him" (Heb 2:8).

We know the enemy is not made silent yet (Psa 8:2). He is busy hissing and roaring. But a day comes when the Root of Jesse shall stand as a banner to His people — when "the nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole" (Isa 11:8,10). A day when the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord — only! (v9).

Prayer of Thanksgiving: Jonah 2:1-9

In my distress I called to the LORD,and he answered me.From the depths of the grave I called for help,and you listened to my cry.You hurled me into the deep,into the very heart of the seas,and the currents swirled about me;all your waves and breakers swept over me. I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me;seaweed was wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains I sank down;the earth beneath barred me in forever.But you brought my life up from the pit,O LORD my God.:When my life was ebbing away,I remembered you, LORD,and my prayer rose to you,to your holy temple."Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you.What I have vowed I will make good.Salvation comes from the LORD."